Quotes About Power

So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ëBe uprooted and planted in the sea,í and it will obey you.

For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ëWe do not want this man to rule over us.í

And to this one he said, ëYou shall have authority over five cities.í

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.í”

“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.Ӓ

Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

And learning that Jesus was under Herodís jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,