Quotes About Authority

And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

and to have authority to drive out demons.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Indeed, no one can enter a strong manís house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Then Jesusí mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”

And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet

And they laughed at Him. After He had put them all outside, He took the childís father and mother and His own companions, and went in to see the child.

Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philipís wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brotherís wife!”

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,