Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. New Living Translation So they finally replied, “We don’t know.” And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things. English Standard Version So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Berean Standard Bible So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. Berean Literal Bible And answering Jesus, they said "We do not know." And He said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. King James Bible 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. New King James Version So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. New American Standard Bible And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things. NASB 1995 And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. NASB 1977 And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Legacy Standard Bible And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Amplified Bible So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what [kind of] authority I do these things.” Christian Standard Bible So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Holman Christian Standard Bible So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They answered and they were saying to him, “We do not know.” Yeshua said to them, “Neither am I telling you by which authority I do these things.” Contemporary English Version So they told Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do." Douay-Rheims Bible And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you why I have the right to do these things. Good News Translation So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things. International Standard Version So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things." Literal Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. New American Bible So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” He himself said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things. NET Bible So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. New Revised Standard Version So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. New Heart English Bible They answered Jesus, and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Webster's Bible Translation And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. Weymouth New Testament So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things." World English Bible They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus' Authority Challenged…26But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.” 27So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’… Cross References Matthew 21:26 But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet." Matthew 21:28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' Treasury of Scripture And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. We cannot tell. Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Matthew 23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Jump to Previous Authority Idea JesusJump to Next Authority Idea JesusMatthew 21 1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey12. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple; 17. curses the fig tree; 23. puts to silence the priests and elders, 28. and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons, 33. and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them. (27) We cannot tell.--The confession of impotence to which the priests and scribes were thus brought was, as has been said, a virtual abdication. Before such a tribunal the Prophet whom they called in question might well refuse to plead. There was, indeed, no need to answer. For those who were not wilfully blind and deaf, the words that He had spoken, the works which He had done, the sinless life which He had led, were proofs of an authority from God.Verse 27. - We cannot tell; οὐκ οἴδαμεν: we know not; Vulgate, nescimus. The Authorized Version seems, at first sight, to be intended to give a false emphasis to "tell" in Christ's answer; but our translators often render the verb οἴδα in this way (see John 3:8; John 8:14; John 16:18; 2 Corinthians 12:2). The questioners could find no way out of the dilemma in which Christ's unerring wisdom had placed them. Their evasive answer was a confession of defeat, and that in the presence of the gaping crowd who stood around listening to the conversation. They had every opportunity of judging the character of John's mission and that of Christ; it was their duty to form an opinion and to pronounce a verdict on such claims; and yet they, the leaders and teachers of Israel, for fear of compromising themselves, evade the obligation, refuse to solve or even to entertain the question, and, like a modern agnostic, content themselves with a profession of ignorance. Many people, to avoid looking a disagreeable truth in the face, respond to all appeals with the stereotyped phrase, "We cannot tell." F.M. appositely quotes the comment of Donatus on Terent., 'Eunuch.,' 5:4, 31, "Perturbatur Parmeno; nec negare potuit, nec consentire volebat; sed quasi defensionis loco dixit, Nescio." And he said unto them; ἔφη αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτός: he also said unto them. The Lord answers the thought which had dictated their words to him. Neither tell I you, etc. With such double-minded men, who could give no clear decision concerning the mission of such a one as John the Baptist, it would be mere waste of words to argue further. They would not accept his testimony, and recognizing their malice and perversity, he declined to instruct them further. "Christ shows," says Jerome, "that they knew and were unwilling to answer; and that he knew, but held his peace, because they refused to utter what they well knew." Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Soκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they said ἀποκριθέντες (apokrithentes) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. to Jesus, Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. “We do not know.” οἴδαμεν (oidamen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. “Neither Οὐδὲ (Oude) Adverb Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. {will} I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. tell λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. by ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. what ποίᾳ (poia) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one. authority ἐξουσίᾳ (exousia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence. I am doing ποιῶ (poiō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. these things,” ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. He αὐτός (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. replied. Ἔφη (Ephē) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 5346: To say, declare. Properly, the same as the base of phos and phaino; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. Speak or say. 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