Quotes About Power

And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

After Jesus had gone into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldnít we drive it out?”

Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

“Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ëBe lifted up and thrown into the sea,í and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

Jesus said to them, “Arenít you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

For no word from God will ever fail.”

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”