"Then I," said Jesus, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things."
Let them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch."
A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.
So the answer they gave Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," he said, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.
So their answer to Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," replied Jesus, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things."
So they answered that they did not know its origin.
But Jesus began to tell the people this parable--"A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
And, if I question you, you will not answer.