Quotes about Authority
Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
— Matthew 6:10
because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
— Matthew 7:29
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,
— Matthew 8:5
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.
— Matthew 8:8
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.”
— Matthew 8:9
When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.
— Matthew 8:18
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
— Matthew 8:29
“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.
— Matthew 8:32
On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
— Matthew 9:3
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’
— Matthew 9:5
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.”
— Matthew 9:6
When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
— Matthew 9:8