Matthew 21:23

New International Version

Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?”

Cross References

Acts 4:7

They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Luke 19:47

Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.

Matthew 26:55

In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.

Exodus 2:14

The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

Acts 7:27

“But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

Matthew 21:24

Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Matthew 24:1

Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

Luke 20:1

One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.

Matthew 20:4

He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’