Matthew 7:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁹ for he taught like a person who had authority, instead of like their experts in the Law of Moses.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ For He was teaching as One Who had [and was] authority, and not as [did] the scribes.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Common English Bible

²⁹ because he was teaching them like someone with authority and not like their legal experts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not like their scribes and Pharisees.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.

Matthew 7:29 Cross References

Matthew 28:18

Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you people, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven unless what you do that is right excels what the experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] do that is right.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with an improper sexual desire for her [body], has already been sexually unfaithful to his mate in his heart.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you, every person who divorces his wife makes her become sexually unfaithful to him [i.e., since she will probably marry someone else], unless the reason for the divorce is that she had [already] become sexually unfaithful to him. And whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits sexual sin with her [i.e., because she is still rightfully married to her first husband].

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 7:28

And so it happened, when Jesus had finished [speaking] these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

Matthew 8:1

And when He had come down from the mountain [See 5:1], large crowds followed Him.

Luke 20:8

So, Jesus said to them, “[Then] neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth [i.e., the ability to speak properly] and wisdom [i.e., the knowledge of what to say], which none of your opponents will be able to resist or speak against.

Acts 6:10

But they could not stand up to the wisdom and [power of] the Holy Spirit by which Stephen spoke.