Acts 4:1-12 NKJV

Luke 3:1-8 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

while Annas and Caiaphas  were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying; "The voice of one crying in the wilderness; 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.

Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth;

And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

"Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham  from these stones.

Matthew 21:23-27 Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?"

But Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things;

"The baptism of John--where was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet."

So they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know," And He said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Psalm 118:19-29 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the LORD.

This is the gate of of the LORD, Through which the righteous shall enter.

I will praise You, For You have answered me, and have become my salvation.

The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.

This was the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Save now, I pray, O LORD; O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.

God is the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.