⁸ And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

¹² Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

¹³ He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

⁴ Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

⁵ Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

¹⁴ Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

⁴ An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.

²⁷ And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

³³ And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

⁶⁸ And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer.