Authority

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"Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" . . . "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house." ~ "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven." ~ "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath." ~ "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts? Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" ~ "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel." ~ "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice." ~ "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin." ~ "It is finished." ~ "I am the Alpha and the Omega," ... "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
MATT. 9:4-6, 16:17-19; MARK 2:27-28; LUKE 5:22-24, 7:9; JOHN 18:37, 19:11, 19: 30; REV. 1:8