Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me.” And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, Why then did you not believe him?’ But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet. 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.”
As is typical for these men this ‘non-answer’ is still a lie. They don’t know? This must be about the only thing ‘spiritual’ of which they admit ignorance. Of course they did not believe that John the Baptist was from God. They modify their response, lie, in order to further their agenda against Jesus. Even in their apparent ‘lack of knowledge’ they are ‘ends justifies the means’ liars.
The end never justifies the means. Never.
Ventanas 