Jesus responded, “First, let me ask you a question and you tell me right now.
Let every word you speak be drenched with grace and tempered with truth and clarity. For then you will be prepared to give a respectful answer to anyone who asks about your faith.
And if I question you, you will not answer me or release me.
“We want to know right now by what authority are you teaching here in the temple? And who gave you the authority to teach these things?”
Did John baptize because he had a commission from heaven or merely from men?”