The best Bible verses for authority for memorization include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for authority for memorization, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things."Mark 11:29
"Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things."Mark 11:29
"So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”"Mark 11:33
"When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men."Matthew 9:8
"He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness."Matthew 10:1
"Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things."Matthew 21:24
"So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."Matthew 21:27
"Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."Matthew 28:18
"Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?"Romans 7:1
"He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority."Acts 1:7
"And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”"Acts 9:14
"“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests."Acts 26:12
"(The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)"Daniel 7:12
"In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings."Jude 1:8
"The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months."Revelation 13:5
Length decides almost everything here. A verse that reads beautifully on a page can be unreadable once it is set in a small typeface, wrapped around a curve, or cropped to a square. The 15 verses below were chosen for brevity first — most run under a dozen words — so they stay legible at the size you will actually use them.
Self-contained meaning matters just as much. "Do not be anxious about anything" carries its full sense alone; a verse that opens with "Therefore" or "But" does not, and it will read as a fragment to anyone who encounters it without the surrounding passage. Every verse here stands on its own.
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The most-cited Bible verses for authority for memorization are Mark 11:29, Mark 11:33, Matthew 9:8. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to authority for memorization across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for authority for memorization, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.