Luke 20:4

The Passion Translation

Did John baptize because he had a commission from heaven or merely from men?”

Cross References

Luke 15:18

I want to go back home to my father’s house, and I’ll say to him, “Father, I was wrong. I have sinned against you.

Luke 20:3

Jesus responded, “First, let me ask you a question and you tell me right now.

Luke 20:5

His interrogators pulled themselves aside to consider how to respond to Jesus. “What should we say? If we say that John’s mandate was from heaven, he will ask us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him and be baptized?’

John 1:6

Suddenly a man appeared who was sent from God, a messenger named John.