Deuteronomy 18:18-19
18 aI will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. bAnd I will put my words in his mouth, and che shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 dAnd whoever will enot listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.Ecclesiastes 8:4
4For the word of the king is supreme, and fwho may say to him, “What are you doing?”Isaiah 50:4
4 The Lord God has given gmethe tongue of those who are taught,
that hI may know how to sustain with a word
ihim who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
Matthew 5:20
20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds jthat of the scribes and Pharisees, you kwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:28
28But I say to you that leveryone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.Matthew 5:32
32 mBut I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and nwhoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.Matthew 5:44
44But I say to you, oLove your enemies and ppray for those who persecute you,Matthew 21:23-27
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 qAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him ras he was teaching, and said, s“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, tfrom where did it come? uFrom heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, v‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From man,’ wwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was xa prophet.” 27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.Matthew 28:18
18And Jesus came and said to them, y“All authority zin heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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