Matthew 21:25

The Passion Translation

Where did John’s authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from people?”

Cross References

Matthew 16:7

Thinking Jesus was scolding them over not bringing bread, they began to discuss it among themselves.

Matthew 21:24

Jesus answered them, “I too have a question to ask you. If you can answer this question, then I will tell you by what power I do these things.

Matthew 21:26

They stepped away and debated among themselves, saying, “How should we answer this? If we say from heaven, he will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you respond to John and believe what he said?’ But if we deny that God gave John his authority, we’ll be mobbed by the people, for they’re convinced that John was God’s prophet.”

Luke 14:4

No one dared answer, so Jesus turned to the sick man, released healing to him, and sent him on his way.

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 1:15

John announced the truth about him when he taught the people, “He’s the One! He’s the One I’ve been telling you would come after me, even though he ranks far above me, because he existed before I was even born.”

John 1:6

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

John 3:18

So now there is no longer any condemnation for those who believe in him, but the unbeliever already lives under condemnation because they do not believe in the name of the only Son of God.

1 John 3:20

Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us.