Matthew 7:29

The Sermon On The Mount: Response

²⁸ And it happened when Jesus finished these words the crowds were amazed at his teaching, ²⁹ because he was teaching them like one 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 for them {from among their countrymen} like you, and I will place my words into his mouth, and he shall speak to them {everything that I command him}.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since the word of the king [is] supreme, no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord Yahweh has given me [the] tongue of pupil, to know how to help [the] weary [with] a word. He awakens {morning by morning}, awakens an ear for me to listen as [do] the pupils.

Jeremiah 23:28-29

The prophet who [has] with him a dream, let him tell [the] dream. But [the prophet] who [has] my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. {What is straw compared to wheat}?" {declares} Yahweh.

Micah 3:8

But I, I am filled [with] power, with the Spirit of Yahweh, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of 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 Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

Matthew 21:23-27

And [after] he arrived at the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him [while he] was teaching, saying, "By what authority are you doing these [things]? And who gave you this authority?"

Matthew 23:2-6

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.

Matthew 23:15-24

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you travel around the sea and the dry [land] to make one convert, and when he becomes [one], you make him twice as much a son of hell [as] you [are]!

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus approached [and] spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Mark 7:5-13

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?"

Luke 20:8

And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these [things]."

Luke 20:46-47

"Beware of the scribes, who like walking around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 3:22-23

Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You will listen to him in everything that he says to you.

Acts 6:10

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

Hebrews 4:12-13

For the word of God [is] living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart.