Catholic Public Domain Version
"In response, Jesus said to them: “I also will question you with one word: if you tell me this, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. "
— Matthew 21:24, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“Jesus answered them,“I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.”
“Jesus answering, said to them: I also will ask you one word, which if you shall tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.”
“And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.”
“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.”
And Jesus responded to them by saying: “Amen I say to you, if you have faith and do not hesitate, not only shall you do this, concerning the fig tree, but even if you would say to this mountain, ‘Take and cast yourself into the sea,’ it shall be done.
And all things whatsoever that you shall ask for in prayer: believing, you shall receive.”
And when he had arrived at the temple, as he was teaching, the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people approached him, saying: “By what authority do you do these things? And who has given this authority to you?”
In response, Jesus said to them: “I also will question you with one word: if you tell me this, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
The baptism of John, where was it from? Was it from heaven, or from men?” But they thought within themselves, saying:
“If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we have the crowd to fear, for they all hold John to be a prophet.”
And so, they answered Jesus by saying, “We do not know.” So he also said to them: “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.