The Authority of Jesus Questioned(Matt. 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8)
“On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, 2 and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?” (Luke 20:1-2 NASB)
Jesus did not answer the question directly. Instead, he tossed the question back to the Jewish religious leaders putting them in a dilemma.
Jesus teaches in the Temple (Matt. 21:28-23:39; Mark 12:1-44; Luke 20:9-21:4)
The conflict between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders was heating up at this point to the extent they plotted to kill him. Jesus taught a series of lessons as a response to the questions of the religious…
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