Luke 20:8

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And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

and if I ask you, you will not answer.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit."

A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."