Quotes about Authority
The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.
- Mark 11:6
Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.
- Mark 11:14
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- Mark 11:20
“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
- Mark 11:28
“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
- Mark 11:29
John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
- Mark 11:30
They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- Mark 11:31
But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
- Mark 11:32
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
- Mark 11:33
Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
- Mark 12:4
He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
- Mark 12:5
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
- Mark 12:6