So after a time these men said to Jesus, "We cannot answer your question. We don't know whether John spoke the words of God or his own words."
Then said Jesus, "No more will I tell you who has given me the power to do these things."
For Jesus well knew that if these men had not believed when John the Baptist said, "Thus saith the Lord," they would not believe him saying, "I do only what my Father tells me to do."
The pool of Mamilla, at Jerusalem
Three Parables of Warning
CHAPTER 76
IMMEDIATELY after answering the question of the priests and the rulers, Jesus gave three parables, one directly after another; and all aimed at his enemies. The first was "The Parable of the Two Sons."