Matthew 21:27 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 21:27

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.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

YLT

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.

DBT

And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

21 verses on the floor

Romans 1:18–22
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
2 Thessalonians 2:9–10
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Matthew 23:16–28
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!
Isaiah 29:10–12
For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell--Evidently their difficulty was, how to answer, so as neither to shake their determination to reject the claims of Christ nor damage their reputation with the people.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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