Mark 11:29 YLT

²⁷  And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

²⁸  and they say to him, 'By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'

²⁹  And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;

³⁰  the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

³¹  And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?