Luke 20:1-2

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

20 One day as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [^[a]porches] and preaching the good news (the Gospel), the chief priests and the scribes came up with the elders (members of the Sanhedrin)

² And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?