27And they came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple they came to him, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.28And they said to him, By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do these things?29Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things."30Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer me.31And they discussed among themselves, saying, "What shall we say? If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did you not believe him?"32But if we say, From men, they feared the crowd, because everyone held that John was truly a prophet.33So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.