Mark 11:31-33

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³¹ And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ³² But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for all held that John was a real prophet. ³³ So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”