Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
New American Standard Bible
And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
And He said to them,
International Standard Version
So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."
A Conservative Version
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. He said to them, And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
American Standard Version
And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Amplified
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And He said to them,
An Understandable Version
So, they answered Jesus, "We do not know [where John got the authority for his immersion]." Jesus then replied to them, "[Then] neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things [i.e., miracles and teaching].
Anderson New Testament
And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Bible in Basic English
And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
Common New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so they made answer, we cannot tell. and Jesus said, neither shall I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
Godbey New Testament
And responding they said to Jesus, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Goodspeed New Testament
And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.
John Wesley New Testament
And they answering said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither tell I you, by what authority I do these things.
Julia Smith Translation
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. And he said to them, Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they answered [and] said to Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things].
Modern King James verseion
And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they answered Jesus, and said, "We cannot tell." And he likewise said unto them, "Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Moffatt New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.
Montgomery New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
They answered Jesus, and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Noyes New Testament
And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Sawyer New Testament
And they answered Jesus, and said, We do not know. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
The Emphasized Bible
And, making answer to Jesus, they said - We know not. He also, said unto them - Neither do, I, tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. Then said he also to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Twentieth Century New Testament
So the answer they gave Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," he said, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.
Webster
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Weymouth New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."
Williams New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.
World English Bible
They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Worrell New Testament
And, answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Worsley New Testament
And therefore in answer to Jesus, they said, We do not know: and He said unto them, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
Youngs Literal Translation
And answering Jesus they said, 'We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- 'Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Eido
Eido
λέγω
Lego
say, speak, call, tell,
Usage: 1045
Exousia
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 21:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus' Authority Challenged
26 but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet. 27 And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in my vineyard.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the report? Them that are weaned from the milk, withdrawn from the breasts?
Isaiah 29:10-12
For Jehovah hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets and your chiefs, the seers, hath he covered.
Isaiah 42:19-20
Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,
Isaiah 56:10-11
His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
Jeremiah 8:7-9
Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
Malachi 2:6-9
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Matthew 16:3
and in the morning, A storm to-day, for the sky is red and lowering; ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but ye cannot the signs of the times.
Matthew 23:16-28
Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
Luke 20:7-8
And they answered, they did not know whence.
John 9:30
The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that ye do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.
John 9:40-41
And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
Romans 1:18-22
For there is revealed wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness.
Romans 1:28
And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,