19:46. Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
19:47. And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.
19:48. And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
Luke Chapter 20
The parable of the husbandmen. Of paying tribute to Caesar and of the resurrection of the dead.
20:1. And it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, with the ancients, met together,
20:2. And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou these things? Or, who is he that hath given thee this authority?
20:3. And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing. Answer me:
20:4. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
20:5. But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?