Matthew 7:29

The Sermon On The Mount: Response

²⁸ When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching, ²⁹ because he was teaching them like a person who had authority, and not like their scribes.

As One Having Authority

Law of Moses

Teachers of the Law

With Authority

Moses

Deuteronomy 18:18-19

I will raise up a prophet like you from among their relatives, and I will place my words in his mouth so that he may expound everything that I have commanded to them.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since a king's command is powerful, who is able to challenge him, asking, "What are you doing?"

Isaiah 50:4

"The Lord GOD has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.

Jeremiah 23:28-29

Let the prophet who has a dream relate the dream, but let whoever receives my message speak my message truthfully. What does straw have in common with wheat?" declares the LORD.

Micah 3:8

"As for me, I am truly filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, filled with judgment and power to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Matthew 5:20

because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from heaven!"

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 15:1-9

Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,

Matthew 21:23-27

Then Jesus went into the Temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Matthew 23:2-6

"The scribes and the Pharisees administer the authority of Moses,

Matthew 23:15-24

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when this happens you make him twice as fit for hell as you are.

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus approached them and told them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Mark 7:5-13

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."

Luke 20:8

Then Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things."

Luke 20:46-47

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Luke 21:15

because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

Acts 3:22-23

In fact, Moses said,

Acts 6:10

But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.