Luk 20:8
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform {their} enterprise. {their enterprise: or, any thing}
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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.
And if I also ask {you}, ye will not answer me, nor let {me} go.
For he taught them as {one} having authority, and not as the scribes.
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?