If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. Your hand is only one part of your body. It is better to lose a hand than for your whole body to go into hell.

When you give to needy people, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

“What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said, “Promise me that one of my two sons may sit at your right hand in your kingdom. Promise that the other one may sit at your left hand.”

“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your control.” ’ (Psalm 110:1)

“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But here is what I say to all of you. From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they fell on their knees in front of him and made fun of him. “We honor you, king of the Jews!” they said.

They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right hand in your glorious kingdom. Let the other one sit at your left hand.”

The Holy Spirit spoke through David himself. David said, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your control.” ’ (Psalm 110:1)

“I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”

When the Lord Jesus finished speaking to them, he was taken up into heaven. He sat down at the right hand of God.

On another Sabbath day, Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching. A man whose right hand was weak and twisted was there.

David himself says in the Book of Psalms, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”

David spoke about him. He said, “ ‘I know that the Lord is always with me. Because he is at my right hand, I will always be secure.

Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God. He has received the Holy Spirit from the Father. This is what God had promised. It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.

David did not go up to heaven. But he said, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand.

Then Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. At once the man’s feet and ankles became strong.

But he was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked up to heaven and saw God’s glory. He saw Jesus standing at God’s right hand.

“Look!” he said. “I see heaven open. The Son of Man is standing at God’s right hand.”

Then who can sentence us to death? No one. Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also praying for us. He died. More than that, he was raised to life.

We speak the truth. We serve in the power of God. We hold the weapons of godliness in the right hand and in the left.

God showed. He showed this when he raised Christ from the dead. God seated him at his right hand in his heavenly kingdom.

Teachings About Holy Living

You have been raised up with Christ. So think about things that are in heaven. That is where Christ is. He is sitting at God’s right hand.

The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

God never said to an angel, “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your control.” (Psalm 110:1)