together with the Elders, and they asked Him, »Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?«
On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes,
»I also will put a question to you,« He said;
So the Jews asked Him, »What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?«
»But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked,« `Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us?
»O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit–just as your forefathers were.«