Matthew 21:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

We cannot tell

General references

Luke 14:4

Luke 20:8

Bible References

We cannot tell

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

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

“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.’

Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.

Who is he trying to teach?
Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants just weaned from milk?
Babies removed from the breast?

For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to sleep;
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.

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.

True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing wrong was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and fairness and turned many from sin.

So they answered that they did not know its origin.

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

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

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

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

General references

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

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