MATTHEW 21:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Jesus answered them: I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The counter-question is the rabbinic tactic of answering a question with a question. Jesus' counter-question will force the religious leaders into an impossible position: they must answer about John's baptism, and whatever they answer will be damaging to them.
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