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Matthew 21:24

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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  1. Matthew 21:22

    And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

  2. Matthew 21:23

    And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

  3. Matthew 21:25

    The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

  4. Matthew 21:26

    But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

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