019:043 For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up
around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming
thee in on every side.
019:044 And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee,
and will not leave one stone upon another within thee;
because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation."
019:045 Then Jesus entered the Temple and proceeded to drive
out the dealers.
019:046 "It is written," He said, "`And My house shall be the House
of Prayer,' but you have made it a robbers' cave."
019:047 And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests
and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him,
as were also the leading men of the people.
019:048 But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people
all hung upon His lips.
020:001 On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple
and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him,
and the Scribes,
020:002 together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us,
By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it
that gave you this authority?"
020:003 "I also will put a question to you, "He said;
020:004 "was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"
020:005 So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say `Heavenly,'"
they argued, "he will say, `Why did you not believe him?'
020:006 And if we say, `human,' the people will all stone us;
for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet."
020:007 And they answered that they did not know the origin of it.
020:008 "Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I
do these things."