The Holy Bible

2222 Luke 20

For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a

trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on

every side,

and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within

thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ;

because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

The Cleansing of the Temple

¶ And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that

sold therein, and them that bought ;

saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer ;

but ye have made it a den of thieves.

¶ And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the

scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

and could not find what they might do : for all the people were very

attentive to hear him.

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Jesus’ Authority Questioned

And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the

people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and

the scribes came upon him with the elders,

and spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou

these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing ;

and answer me :

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From

heaven ; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

But and if we say, Of men ; all the people will stone us : for they be

persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

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