Luke 20:7

The Passion Translation

So unable to devise an answer they said to Jesus, “We cannot tell where John’s authority came from.”

Cross References

Isaiah 26:11

Lord Yahweh, you lift your mighty hand, but they do not see it. Let them witness how much you love your people and be ashamed. Let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

Isaiah 29:14

So therefore, I will again jolt this people awake with astonishing wonders upon wonders! And the wisdom of their wise ones will fail, and the intelligent know-it-alls will have no explanations.

Isaiah 41:28

But when I look, I find no one who is capable to counsel me! There is no one who can respond to me with the right answer! Who could I even ask?

Isaiah 44:18

They have no clue what they’re doing and don’t comprehend how absurd it is! For they shut their eyes so they cannot see. They close their hearts so they cannot understand.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘John’s mandate was merely from men,’ then all the people around him will stone us, for they believe John was a prophet of God.”

Luke 20:8

Jesus said, “Then neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

John 9:39

And Jesus said, “I have come to judge those who think they see and make them blind. And for those who are blind, I have come to make them see.”

2 Peter 3:3

Above all, you must understand that in the last days mockers will multiply, chasing after their evil desires.