Mark 11:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

We

Neither

General references

Luke 20:8

Bible References

We

The ox knows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”

And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.

Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with beer.

Who is blind but My servant,
or deaf like My messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like My dedicated one,
or blind like the servant of the Lord?

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.

Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your sons.

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

Leave them alone! They are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

“Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.

For God’s wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,

Even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts,

But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

Neither

He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.

An evil and adulterous generation demands 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.”

And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

So they answered that they did not know its origin.

When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

“I already told you,” he said, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”

General references

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”