Luke 20:5
Good News Translation
They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we say, 'From God,' he will say, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'

Contemporary English Version
They talked this over and said to each other, "We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?

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But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?

Why.

John 1:15-18,30,34 John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me. . . .

John 3:26,36 And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony: behold, he baptizeth and all men come to him. . . .

John 3:26,36 And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony: behold, he baptizeth and all men come to him. . . .

John 5:33-35 You sent to John: and he gave testimony to the truth. . . .

Acts 13:25 And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he whom you think me to be. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

Context
Jesus' Authority Challenged
4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him? 6But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a prophet.…
Cross References
Matthew 16:7
But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:

Luke 20:4
The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

Luke 20:6
But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

Additional Translations
They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we should say 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed you him not?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'

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