Matthew 21:24
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
In context
22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
23 When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
24 “I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
25 What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
Matthew 21:24 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
- KJV King James Version
- And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- WEB World English Bible
- Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will ask you — I also — one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things:
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.