Summary: <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Matthew 21:23-27. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-2123-27/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-2123-27/</a>.</strong></p> <p><span class="text Matt-21-23"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”</span> <span id="en-ESV-23848" class="text Matt-21-24"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>Jesus answered them, <span class="woj">“I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23849" class="text Matt-21-25"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup>The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?”</span> And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’</span><span id="en-ESV-23850" class="text Matt-21-26"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup>But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”</span> <span id="en-ESV-23851" class="text Matt-21-27"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, <span class="woj">“Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.</span></span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-2123-27/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-2123-27/</a>. </strong><br> <strong>Email me with comments, feedback, or prayer requests at <a href="mailto:dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com">dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com</a> and you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/devotionpodcast">@devotionpodcast</a>. Also, you can like us on Facebook at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook">www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook</a> . </strong><br> Did you know that you can support the Daily Devotional Podcast on Patreon for as little as $1. Become a Patron at <a href="http://www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/support">http://www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/support</a>. Easy Lemon Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</p>
