Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet. 27 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. 28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
Isaiah 28:9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
Isaiah 29:10-12
For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.
Isaiah 42:19-20
Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
Isaiah 56:10-11
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Jeremiah 8:7-9
Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.
Malachi 2:6-9
True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.
Matthew 15:14
Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.
Matthew 23:16-28
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
Luke 20:7-8
And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.
John 9:30
The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
John 9:40-41
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
Romans 1:18-22
For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
Romans 1:28
And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,