The Art of Forgiveness
Jesus’ authority – New Revised Standard Version

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When he entered the temple, the chief priests and

the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said,
“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you
this authority? ”

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Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one

question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by
what authority I do these things.

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Did the baptism of John come

from heaven, or was it of human origin?” And they argued with
one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven, ’ he will say to us, ‘Why
then did you not believe him? ’

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But if we say, ‘Of human

origin,’ we are afraid of the crowd; for all regard John as a
prophet.”

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So they answered Jesus, “We do not know. ” And he

said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing
these things. ”


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Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the

mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

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When they saw

him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

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And Jesus came

and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me.

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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit,

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and teaching them to obey everything that I have

commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end
of the age.”


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[Jesus said,] “Truly I tell you, if you say to this

mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not
doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to
pass, it will be done for you.

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So I tell you, whatever you ask for

in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything

against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive
you your trespasses.”

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Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the

temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him

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and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave
you this authority to do them?”

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Jesus said to them, “I will ask

you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority
I do these things.

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Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or

was it of human origin? Answer me.”

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They argued with one

another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why then did you

not believe him?’

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But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’?” -- they

were afraid of the crowd, for all regarded John as truly a prophet.

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So they answered Jesus, “We do not know. ” And Jesus said to

them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these
things.”


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Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they

were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of
faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who
saw him after he had risen.

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And he said to them, “Go into all the

world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.

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one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who
does not believe will be condemned.

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And these signs will

accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast
out demons; they will speak in ne w tongues;

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they will pick up

snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not
hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will
recover.”

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So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them,

was taken up into heave n and sat down at the right hand of God.

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And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere,
while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by
the signs that accompanied it.


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One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers

of the law were sitting near by (they had come from every village
of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem); and the power of the
Lord was with him to heal.

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Just then some men came, carrying a

paralyzed man on a bed. They were trying to bring him in and lay
him before Jesus;

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but finding no way to bring him in because of

the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed
through the tiles into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.

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When he saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven
you.”

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Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to question,

“Who is this who is speaking blasphemies? Who can forgive
sins but God alone?”

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When Jesus perceived their questionings,

he answered them, “Why do you raise such questions in your
hearts?

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Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or

to say, ‘Stand up and walk ’?

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But so that you may know that the

Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ” -- he said to the
one who was paralyzed – “I say to you, stand up and take your bed
and go to your home. ”

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Immediately he stood up before them,

took what he had been lying on, and went to his home, glorifying
God.