Matthew 21:27

Matthew chapter 21 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

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World English Bible · 2000

And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

King James Version · 1611

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

American Standard Version · 1901

And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

v.26But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.

v.27This passage

v.28But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

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

Malachi 2:6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
Matthew 23:16
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
John 9:40
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?