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Matthew 21:27 ESV

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

Mark 11:29–33 ESV

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.”

Authority comes from somewhere and this points out that it is delegated.