23And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?24Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things."25The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from humans? They discussed among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'"26But if we say, 'From humans,' we fear the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.27And answering, they said to Jesus, We do not know. He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.