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  "pericope": "The Question about Authority",
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  "verse_end": 33,
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      "v": 27,
      "text": "They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,"
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      "text": "and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”"
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      "text": "The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”",
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      "text": "They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’"
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      "text": "If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet."
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      "text": "The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.",
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      "text": "And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?"
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      "text": "But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed."
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      "v": 33,
      "text": "And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them,"
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