Mark 11:30
Good News Translation
Tell me, where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?"

New Revised Standard Version
Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin? Answer me.”

Contemporary English Version
Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?"

New American Bible
Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.

Mark 1:1-11 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. . . .

Mark 9:13 But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they have done to him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him.

Matthew 3:1-17 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea. . . .

Luke 3:1-20 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina: . . .

John 1:6-8,15-36 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. . . .

John 3:25-36 And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, concerning purification. . . .

Context
Jesus' Authority Challenged
29And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one word. And answer you me: and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? Answer me. 31But they thought with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?…
Cross References
Mark 11:29
And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one word. And answer you me: and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mark 11:31
But they thought with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?

Acts 5:38
And now, therefore, I say to you: Refrain from these men and let them alone. For if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

Mark 11:29
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