Quotes About Authority

Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

For God said, ëHonor your father and motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, “Why couldnít we drive it out?”

After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”

“Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”

“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus declared.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Then the mother of Zebedeeís sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”