1And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],
2and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?`
3And he answering said unto them, `I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:
4the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?`
5And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
6and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.`
7And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],
