Matthew 21:23

New Living Translation

When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”

Cross References

Exodus 2:14

The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”

Matthew 20:4

So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.

Matthew 21:24

“I’ll tell you by what authority I do these things if you answer one question,” Jesus replied.

Matthew 24:1

As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings.

Matthew 26:55

Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.

Luke 19:47

After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him.

Luke 20:1

One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him.

Acts 4:7

They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”

Acts 7:27

“But the man in the wrong pushed Moses aside. ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ he asked.