Matthew 7:29

Jesus taught with personal authority, unlike the scribes who relied on tradition. His teaching pointed to his unique identity and right to command.

Cross-references · 21

• Heb 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Luke 20:8Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
• Mark 7:5–13The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
• Isa 50:4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
• Deut 18:18–19I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
• Acts 6:10They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
• Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
• Mic 3:8But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
• Matt 5:32but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
• Matt 21:23–27When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
• Matt 23:2–6saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.
• Matt 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
• Jer 23:28–29The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?” says Yahweh.
• Matt 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
• Matt 23:15–24Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
• Matt 15:1–9Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
• Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
• Matt 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Eccl 8:4for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
• Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
• Luke 20:46–47“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

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