PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · May 30, 2026 · 6m

Original Post Date: June 1, 2024

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Gospel

Mark 11:27-33

Jesus and his disciples returned once more to Jerusalem.

As he was walking in the temple area,

the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders

approached him and said to him,

"By what authority are you doing these things?

Or who gave you this authority to do them?"

Jesus said to them, "I shall ask you one question.

Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Was John's baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."

They discussed this among themselves and said,

"If we say, 'Of heavenly origin,' he will say…