Devine Scripture

Matthew 21:23

Matthew chapter 21 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Context

v.22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

v.23This passage

v.24And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 7:27

    But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 1 Chronicles 24:1

    And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

  • Exodus 2:14

    And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

  • Mark 11:27

    And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

  • Luke 19:47

    And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

  • Acts 4:7

    And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?