Walk in your authority
Mark 11
20 Now in the morning, as they
passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter, remembering, said to
Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
22 So Jesus answered and said to
them, “Have faith in God. 23 For
assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast
into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things
he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever
things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will
have them.
25 “And whenever you stand praying,
if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may
also forgive you your trespasses. 26
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your
trespasses.”[g]
27 Then they came again to
Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes,
and the elders came to Him. 28 And
they said to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave
You this authority to do these things?”
29 But Jesus answered and said to
them, “I also will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by
what authority I do these things: 30
The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
31 And they reasoned among
themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you
not believe him?’ 32 But if we say,
‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet
indeed. 33 So they answered and said
to Jesus, “We do not know.”
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority
I do these things.”