2. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
3. “Let me ask you a question first,” he replied.
4. “Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?”
5. They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn’t believe John.
6. But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”