25. Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
26. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
27. They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,
28. and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
29. Yeshua said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30. The immersion of Yochanan—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”
31. They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
32. If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held Yochanan to really be a prophet.
33. They answered Yeshua, “We don’t know.”Yeshua said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”