Matthew 21:27

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“So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

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BSBPD

“So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them--he also--`Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 21:27 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
  2. Isaiah 28:9Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
  3. Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
  4. Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  5. Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
  6. Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  7. Malachi 2:6True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
  8. Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
  9. Matthew 16:3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
  10. Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
  11. Luke 20:7So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
  12. John 9:30“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
  13. John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
  14. Romans 1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
  15. Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  16. 2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  17. 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

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