No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.
So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.« »Nor do I tell you,« He replied, »by what authority I do these things.«
»If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?«
Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, »You are not far from the Kingdom of God.« No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.
They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
To this they could make no reply.
From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.
And seeing the man standing with them –the man who had been cured– they had no reply to make.
»`I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.'« Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze.