Quotes About Authority

Many will say to Me on that day, ëLord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?í

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,

because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

When Jesus arrived at Peterís house, He saw Peterís mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”

Which is easier: to say, ëYour sins are forgiven,í or to say, ëGet up and walk?í

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.

But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.