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Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of Johnwhere was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet." read more.
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.
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.
public Opinion » Feared by » Chief priests, who feared to answer the questions of jesus
But if we say, 'From men'"they feared the people, for all held that John was a real prophet.
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And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
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But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet."
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And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
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Prudence » Exemplified by Christ
Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of Johnwhere was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet." read more.
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.
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.
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and you care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" read more.
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."