Quotes about Authority
All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
— Luke 4:36
and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
— Luke 4:39
But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
— Luke 5:21
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
— Luke 5:23
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
— Luke 5:24
Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
— Luke 6:5
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
— Luke 7:3
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.”
— Luke 7:8
When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”
— Luke 7:9
But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
— Luke 7:49
“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
— Luke 8:25
Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.
— Luke 9:1