Luke 20:7

Jesus' Authority Challenged

⁶ If we say from men all the people will stone us. They are persuaded that John was a prophet. ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it came from. ⁸ Jesus said: Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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Isaiah 6:9-10

He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'

Isaiah 26:11

O Jehovah, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

Isaiah 29:9-12

Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Isaiah 29:14

I will do things that shock and amaze them. I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand (discern).

Isaiah 41:28

I look but there is no one. There is no one among them to give counsel! There is no one to give answer when I ask them.

Isaiah 42:19-20

Is anyone more blind than my servant or more deaf than the messenger I send?

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut and cannot see. Their minds are closed and therefore they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 8:7-9

Even storks know when it is time to return. Mourning doves, swallows (swifts), and cranes know when it is time to migrate. But my people do not know that I, Jehovah, am urging them to return.

Zechariah 11:15

Jehovah said: Take yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaves the flock! The sword will be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm will be withered and dried up, and his right eye will be blind.

Malachi 2:7-9

The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn (my will) the law from them.

John 3:19-20

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

John 9:39

Jesus said: I came into the world for this judgment that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

2 Timothy 3:8-9

And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth. Men corrupted in mind, rejected concerning the faith,

2 Peter 3:3

Know this first, that in the last days, mockers will come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,