30. Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
31. They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.
32. On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”They were afraid of the crowd
33. and told Jesus, “We don't know.”Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”