Jesus refused to answer a question about his authority.

Luke 20:1-8

20 One day during that week, Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple courtyard and telling them God’s good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the Jewish laws, and other Jewish elders came to him. 2 They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things like you did here yesterday?” 3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me, 4 where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?” 5 They discussed this among themselves. They said, “If we(inc) say, ‘It was from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘Then ◄you should have believed John’s message!/why did you not believe what John preached?► [RHQ]’ 6 But if we say, ‘It was from people,’ the people here will kill us by throwing stones at us, because they all believe that John was a prophet from God.” 7 So they replied, “We (exc) do not know where John got his authority.” 8 Then Jesus said to them, “Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things here yesterday.”