49 Bible Verses about Law, Letter And Spirit Of

And the Pharisees are gathered together to him, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, And having seen some of his disciples with common hands, that is, unwashed, eating loaves, they rebuked. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.read more.
And from the market-place, except they be immersed, they eat not. And there are many other things which they received to hold; the immersion of cups, and of measures, and of brazen vases, and of chairs.) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Wherefore do not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands? And he having answered, said to them, That Esaias prophesied well concerning you, as it has been written, This people honour me with lips, and their heart keeps far from me. And in vain they revere me, teaching doctrines the commands of men. For having left the command of God, ye hold firmly to the tradition of men, the immersion of measures and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Then came to Jesus from Jerusalem the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And Jehovah will say, Because that this people drew near with their month, and honored me with their lips, and their heart was far from me, and their fear towards me shall be taught from the command of men.

And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples. And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful? And Jesus having heard, said to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but they having evils.read more.
And having gone, learn what is this, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him. And the scribes and Pharisees having seen him eating with publicans and sinful, said to his disciples, Why does he eat and drink with publicans and sinful? And Jesus having heard, says to them, They being strong have no need of a physician, but those being affected: I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them. And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Wherefore eat and drink ye with publicans and sinful? And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Those being in good health have no need of a physician; but they being illread more.
I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

And he said to them, Well do ye abrogate the command of God, that ye might keep your tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he reviling father or mother, in death let him die: And ye say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, which is, a gift, whatever thou be profited by me;read more.
And ye permit him to do nothing more for his father or his mother Abrogating the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your tradition For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die. And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me;read more.
And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition.

Then spake Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, Saying, Upon Moses' seat sat the scribes and Pharisees. Therefore all whatever they say to you to keep, keep and do; and according to their works do not, for they say and do not.read more.
For they bind loads heavy and difficult to carry, and put upon men's shoulders; and with their fingers will they not move them. And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments And love the first place at suppers, and the first seat in the assemblies, And greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens. Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ. And the greater of you shall be your servant. And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whoever shall humble himself, shall be exalted. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for pretence, praying at great lengths; for this shall ye receive more distingnished judgment. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites! for ye go about sea and dry land to make one proselyte, and when he should become, ye make him the son of hell, twofold more than you. Woe to you blind guides, saying, Whoever should swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever should swear by the gold of the temple, he is indebted! Foolish and blind; for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple consecrating the gold? And, Whoever should swear by the altar, it is nothing; and whoever should swear by the gift above it, he is indebted. Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts? Therefore, he having sworn by the altar, swears by it, and by all above it. And he having sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him dwelling in it. And he having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him sitting above it. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those. Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture. O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and deck the monuments of the just, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we had not been their partakers in the blood of the prophets, Wherefore ye bear testimony to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those having slain the prophets. And fill ye up yourselves the measure of your fathers. Serpents, generations of vipers, how would ye flee from the judgment of hell?

And in the speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him: and having come in he reclined. And the Pharisee having seen, wondered that he was not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and trencher; and your inside is full of plunder and wickedness.read more.
O foolish, has not he having made the outside, also made the inside? But of the things being, give alms; and, behold, all things are clean to you. But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe spearmint and rue and every plant, and ye pass by the judgment and love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left those. Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in assemblies, and greetings in market-places. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as concealed tombs, and men walking above know not. And a certain of the skilled in the law having answered, said, Teacher, speaking these things, and thou injurest us. And he said, And woe to you, skilled in the law! for ye load men with loads difficult to carry, and ye yourselves touch not one of the fingers to the load. Woe to you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Surely ye testify and assent to your fathers' works: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their tombs. And for this said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and the sent, and of them shall they kill and drive out: That the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel even to the blood of Zacharias perishing between the altar and house: yea, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. Woe to you, skilled in the law! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye came not in yourselves, and those coming in ye hindered.

And he spake to certain trusting upon themselves that they were just, and setting at nought the rest, this parable: Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.read more.
I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not either lift up the eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God propitiate for me the sinful. I say to you, this one went down to his house justified rather than that one: for every one lifting up himself shall be humbled; and he humbling himself shall be lifted up.

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, he, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God might be manifested in him.read more.
I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work. While I be in the world, I am the light of the world. Having said these, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay upon the eyes of the blind, And said to him, Retire, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is interpreted, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing. Then the neighbors, and those seeing him before that he was blind, said, Is not this he sitting and begging? Others said, This is he: and others, That he is like him: he said, That I am. Then said they to him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Retire to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw again. Then said they to him, Where is he? He says I know not. They bring him to the Pharisees, him once blind. And it was the sabbath, when Jesus made clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he saw again. He said to them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see. Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, for he keeps not the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man do such signs? And a division was among them.

Behold, thou art named a Jew, and restest upon the law, and boastest thyself in God, And knowest the will, and triest things differing, being sounded out of the law; And art persuaded thou thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of them in darkness,read more.
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the inexperienced, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law. Therefore teaching another, teachest thou not thyself proclaiming not to steal, stealest thou? Speaking not to commit adultery, committest thou adultery? abhorring images, committest thou sacrilege? Thou who boastest in the law, by transgression of the law dishonourest thou God? For the name of God by you is blasphemed in the nations, as it has been written.

And now what to me here, says Jehovah, that my people were taken gratuitously? ruling, they will cause to give a sharp sound, says Jehovah; and continually all the day my name being despised.

And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life? And he said to him, Why sayest thou me good? None is good except one, God; but if thou wouldst come into life, keep the commands. He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, thus: Thou shalt not murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;read more.
Honour thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The young man says to him, All these have I watched from my youth; what yet do I want? Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, That with difficulty shall a rich one come into the kingdom of the heavens. And again I say to you, It is of easier labor for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God. And his disciples were greatly struck with amazement, saying, Who then can be saved? And Jesus having looked up said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. Then Peter having answered, said to him, Behold, we have let go all things, and have followed thee; what therefore shall be to us? And Jesus said to them, Verily I say to you, That ye having followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man should sit upon the throne of his glory, shall be seated ye also upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who lets go houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for the sake of my name, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life. And many first shall be last, and the last first.

And he going in the way, one running and having fallen upon his knees, asked him, Good teacher, What shall I do that I might inherit eternal life And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good, except the one God. Thou knowest the commands: Thou shouldst not commit adultery; Thou shouldst not kill; Thou shouldst not steal; Thou shouldst not bear false testimony; Thou shouldst not defraud; Honour thy father and mother.read more.
And he, having answered, said to him, O teacher, all these have I watched from my youth. And Jesus having looked upon him, loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee retire; whatever thou hast, sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, having taken up the cross. And he, being sad at the word, went away being grieved: for he had many possessions. And Jesus having looked round, said to his disciples, With what difficulty shall they having property enter into the kingdom of God And his disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again having answered, says to them, How difficult, children, is it for those trusting in property to enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier labor for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God. And they were struck with amazement, excessively, saying to themselves, And who can be saved And Jesus having beheld them says, With men impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God. And Peter began to say to him, Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee. And Jesus having answered, said, Truly I say to you, There is none who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for sake of me, and the good news, Except he should receive a hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mother, and children, and fields, with expulsions; and in the time coming eternal life.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life? And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good except the one God. Thou knowest the commands, Thou shouldest not commit adultery, Thou shouldest not kill, Thou shouldest not steal, Thou shouldest not bear false testimony, Honour thy father and thy mother.read more.
And he said, All these have I watched from my youth. And Jesus having heard these, said to him, Yet one thing fails thee: all whatever thou hast, sell and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. And he having heard these things, was sorely grieved: for he was very rich. And Jesus having seen him being sorely grieved, said, With how much difficulty shall they having possessions come into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to come through the hole of a needle, than for a rich one to come into the kingdom of God. And they having heard, said, And who can be saved? And he said, The things impossible with men, are possible with God. And Peter said, Behold, we have left all, and followed thee. And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there is none who has left home, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for sake of the kingdom of God, Who should not receive many fold in this time, and in life coming, eternal life.

In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat. And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath. And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him;read more.
How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone? Or have ye not read in the law, that in the sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are innocent? But I say to you, That he here is greater than the temple. And if ye knew what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent. For the Lord of the sabbath is also the Son of man. And having passed from thence, he went into their assembly; And, behold, there was a man having the hand withered. And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbaths? that they might expose him. And he said to them, Which of you shall be the man who shall have one sheep, and if this should fall into a pit in the sabbaths, will he not take hold of it, and raise it up? How much then does a man surpass a sheep? So that it is lawful to do well in the sabbaths. Then says he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out; and it was restored, sound as the other. And the Pharisees took counsel against him, having gone out, that they might kill him.

And it was in the second first sabbath, he went through the standing corn; and his disciples pulled out the ears of corn, and ate, crumbling in small pieces with hands. And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye what is not lawful to do in the sabbaths And having answered to them, Jesus said, Have ye not read this, which David did when he hungered, and they being with him;read more.
How he went into the house of God, and took the loaves of the setting before, and ate, and gave also to those with him; which is not lawful to eat, except for priests alone? And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And it was also in another sabbath, he came into the assembly, and taught: and a man was there, and his right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees observed him narrowly, if he will heal in the sabbath: that they might find accusation against him. And he knew their reflections, and said to the man having the withered hand, Arise, and stand in the midst. And having risen, he stood. Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you; What is lawful in the sabbath; to do good, or to do evil? to save the life, or destroy And having looked round upon them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. And they were filled with want,of understanding; and they discoursed with one another What they may do to Jesus.

And they go into Capernaum; and quickly in the sabbaths, having entered into the synagogue, he taught. And they were struck with amazement at his teaching; for he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes? And there was in the synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, saying,read more.
Let alone; what to us and thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came out of him. And all were amazed, so as to seek out with themselves, saying, What is this? what new teaching this? for with power also he commands the unclean spirits, and they listen to him. And a report of him went out quickly in the whole country about Galilee.

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he was teaching them on the sabbaths. And they were struck with amazement at his teaching: for his word was with power. And in the assembly was a man having the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice,read more.
Saying, Let alone; what to us and thee, Jesus Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy of God. And Jesus answered him, saying, Be then silent, and come Out of him. And the demon having thrown him into the midst, came out of him, not having injured him. And amazement was upon all, and they spake to one another, saying, What this word with authority and power he commands unclean spirits, and they come out. And a report went forth concerning him into every place of the country round about.

And he was teaching in one of the assemblies in the sabbaths. And, behold, there was a woman having a spirit of weakness eighteen years, and was bent together, and not able wholly to lift up the head. And having seen her, Jesus called to, and said to her, Woman, thou hest been loosed from thy weakness.read more.
And he put his hands on her: and immediately she was set upright, and honoured God. And the ruler of the assembly having answered, feeling pain because Jesus cured on the sabbath, said to the crowd, Six days there are in which they ought to work; in those therefore, coming, be ye cured, and not the day of the sabbath. Then answered the Lord and said, Hypocrite, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and leading away, give to drink? And this being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond the day of the sabbath And he saying these things, all opposed to him were ashamed: and the crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things done by him.

And it was in his coining into the house of a certain of the Pharisees in the sabbath to eat bread, and they were observing him narrowly. And, behold, a certain dropsical man was before him. And Jesus having answered, said to those skilled in the law and the Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbath?read more.
And they were silent. And having taken, he healed, and loosed him. And having answered, he said to them, Whose ass or ox of yours shall fall into a well, and will he not quickly pull it out on the sabbath day? And they were not able to answer him in turn to these things.

After these was the festival of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And there is in Jerusalem, at the sheep place a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of weak, blind, lame, withered, expecting the moving of the water.read more.
For a messenger at a time went down into the pool, and troubled the water: then he having first stepped in after the troubling of the water became healthy, by whatever malady a long while since he was laid. And a certain man was there, being in weakness thirty-eight years. Jesus having seen the same lying down, and having known that it was already much time, says to him, Wilt thou be well? He being sick answered him, Lord, I have no man, that, when the water was troubled, he might cast me into the pool: and in which I am coming, another steps down before me. Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy couch, and walk. And quickly the man was well, and he took up his couch, and walked: and the sabbath was in that day. Then said the Jews to him healed, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to take up thy couch. He answered them, He having made me well, the same said to me, Lift up thy couch, and walk. Then they asked him, Who is the man having said to thee, Lift up thy couch, and walk? And he healed knew not who he is: for Jesus escaped, a crowd being in the place. After these, Jesus finds him in the temple, and he said to him, Behold, thou hest become well: sin no more, lest something worse be to thee. The man departed, and announced to the Jews that it is Jesus having made him well. And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath.

Jesus answered and said to them, I did one work, and ye all marvel for this. Moses has given you circumcision; (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and in the sabbath ye circumcise a man. If a man receive circumcision in the sabbath, that the law of Moses be not loosed; rage not at me, because I made a man wholly well on the Sabbath.read more.
Judge not according to sight, but judge just judgment.

And again in the morning he was present in the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought him a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst, They say to him, Teacher, this woman was taken committing adultery, in the very act.read more.
In the law Moses commanded us such to be stoned: therefore what sayest thou? And this said they, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his fingers upon the earth. And when they continued asking him, having lifted up the head, he said to them, Let him faultless among you, first cast a stone at her. And again having stooped down, he wrote upon the earth. And they having heard, and being convicted by consciousness, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. And Jesus having lifted up the head, and seen none but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are they accusing thee? has none condemned thee And she said, None, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

And the Pharisees having heard that he muzzled the Sadducees, were gathered upon the same. And one of them, skilled in the law, asked, tempting him, and saying, Teacher, which the great command in the law?read more.
And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the first and the great command. And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. In these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.

And one of the scribes having come, having heard them seeking out together, knowing that he answered them well, asked him, Which is the first command of all? And Jesus answered him, That the first of all the commands, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength: this the first command.read more.
And the second like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. No other command is greater than these. And the scribe said to him, Well, Teacher, in truth hast thou spoken: for one God is; and there is no other but he: And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole burnt offerrings, and the sacrifices. And Jesus having seen him that he answered understandingly, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And none dared to ask him any more.

And when the Son of man should come in his glory, and all his holy messengers with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the kids: . And he shall set the sheep from his right, and the kids from his left.read more.
Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in: Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drink And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? And the king having answered, will say to them, Trull I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did to one of the least of my brethren, ye did to me. Then shall he say to them from the left, Go away from me, the cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers: For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me. Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee? Then shall he answer them saying, Inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: and the just into eternal life.

For truly circumcision profits, if thou do the law: and if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision. Therefore if uncircumcision watch the justification of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision? And shall not uncircumcision by nature, completing the law, judge thee, which by letter and circumcision a transgressor of the law?read more.
For he in appearance, is not a Jew; neither circumcision, in appearance in the flesh: But he in concealment, a Jew; and circumcision of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose approbation not of man, but of God.

And Samuel will say, Was it pleasing to Jehovah in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as to hear to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to hear, above a good sacrifice, and to hearken, above the fat of rams. For the sin of divination, rebellion; and deceit, and the family gods of stubbornness. Because thou didst reject the word of Jehovah, and he will reject thee from being king.

For thou wilt not delight in sacrifice, and thou wilt not take pleasure in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God a spirit being broken: a heart being broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.

To do justice and judgment was chosen by Jehovah above gold.

For what to me the multitude of your sacrifices? Jehovah will say: I was filled with the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fatlings; and I delighted not in the blood of bullocks, and of he lambs and of he goats. When ye shall come to be seen before me who sought this from your hand to tread my enclosure. Ye shall not add to bring gifts of iniquity; incense, this an abomination to me; the new moon and the Sabbath, the calling of the assembly; I shall not be able to bear vanity and restraining.read more.
Your new moons and your appointments my soul hated; they were for a burden upon me; I was wearied to lift up. And in the spreading forth of your hands I will hide mine eyes from you.; also when ye shall multiply prayer I hear not: your hands were full of blood. Wash ye, cleanse yourselves: turn away evil from your doings from before mine eyes; leave off the evil; Learn to do good; seek out judgment, lead right the oppressor, judge the orphan, contend for the widow.

Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel; Add your burnt-offerings upon your sacrifices and eat flesh. for I spake not to your fathers, and I commanded them not in the day of bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt, concerning my word of burnt-offering and sacrifice: But this word I commanded them, saying, Hear to my voice, and I was to you for God, and in shall be to me for a people: and go in all the ways which I shall command you, so that it shall be well to you.

For I delighted in mercy and not sacrifice; the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

I hated, I rejected your festivals, and I will not smell in your assemblies. For if ye shall bring up to me burnt-offerirgs, and your gifts, I will not delight; and I will not look upon the peace-offerings of your fatlings. Remove from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the music of thy lyres.read more.
Judgment shall roll as the waters, and justice as a torrent of strength.

With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year? Will Jehovah delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of torrents of oil? shall I give my first-born my transgression? the fruit of my belly, the sin of my soul? He announced to thee, O man, what was good; and what did Jehovah require of thee but to do judgment and to love mercy, and being humbled, to go with thy God?

O Unwise Galatians, who has cast a spell upon you, not to obey the truth, to whom before the eyes Jesus Christ was written beforehand, crucified in you? This only wish I to learn from you, Received ye the Spirit from the works of the law, or from the hearing of faith?. Are ye so unwise? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now completed in the flesh?read more.
Suffered ye so many things in vain? if yet also in vain. He therefore furnishing you the Spirit, and working the powers in you, is it from the works of the law, or from the hearing of faith?

Made manifest that ye are the epistle of Christ served by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables made of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. And we have such confidence through Christ to God: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency of God;read more.
Who rendered as fitting servants of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, and the Spirit makes alive.

The woman says to him, Lord, I see that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mount; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where they must worship. Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour comes, when neither in this mount, neither in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.read more.
Ye worship what ye know not: we worship what we know: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such worshipping him. God a Spirit: and they worshipping him must worship in spirit and truth.

Therefore, my brethren, ye also were dead to the law by the body of Christ; for you not to be to another, but to him raised from the dead, that we bring forth fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh the passions of sins, those by the law, were energetic in our members to bring forth fruit to death. And now we were left inactive from the law, having died in what we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Therefore now no condemnation to them in Christ Jesus, walking not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus freed me from the law of sin and death. For the impossibility of the law, in that it was weak by the flesh, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:read more.
That the justification of the law be filled up in us, not walking according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For they being according to the flesh mind things of the flesh; and they according to the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For the thought of the flesh, death; and the thought of the Spirit, life and peace. Wherefore the thought of the flesh enmity to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, for it cannot be. And they being in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwell in you. And if any have not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his. And if Christ in you, truly the body dead by sin; and the Spirit life by justice. And if the Spirit of him having raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he having raised up Christ from the dead will make alive also your mortal bodies by his Spirit dwelling in you.

So also has been written, The first man Adam was born into a living soul; and the last Adam into a spirit making alive. But the first not spiritual, but animated; then the spiritual.

And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the sons of Israel should not look intently to the end of that left unemployed: But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heartread more.
And whenever it turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. And the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord, there freedom. And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.

And if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

For there is truly an annulling of the command going before by its weakness and unprofitableness. (For the law completed nothing,) but the bringing in of a better hope; by which we draw near to God. And as much as not without sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath:read more.
(For they truly without sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath became priests; but he with the sacrifice sanctioned by solemn oath by him, saying to him, The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedec:) According to this, Jesus has become security of a better covenant.

And the summary to the things spoken: We have such a chief priest, who sat on the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A workman of holy things, and of the true tent, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every chief priest is appointed to bring in gifts and sacrifices also: wherefore it is necessary also for this to have something which he might bring.read more.
For if truly he were upon earth, he would not be a priest, there being priests bringing in gifts according to the law; Who serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was given an intimation of the divine will, being about to complete the tent: for, See, says he, thou make all things according to the type shewed thee in the mount. And now he has attained a more distinguished office, in how much also he is mediator of a better covenant, which was legislated upon better promises. For if that first was faultless, then place was not to be sought for the second. For rebuking them, he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, and I will complete for the house of Israel and for the house of Judah a new covenant: Not according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in the day of my taking their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they remained not in my covenant, and I heeded them not, says the Lord. For this the covenant which I will set to the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; giving my laws into their mind, and upon their hearts will I write them: and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people: And they should not teach each his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from their little even to their great ones. For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins and their injustices will I remember no more. In saying new, he has made the first old. And that made old and becoming weak is near destruction.

Behold the days coming, says Jehovah, and I cut out the house of Israel and the house of Judah a new covenant Not according to the covenant which I cut out with their fathers in the day I laid hold upon their hand to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt; which they brake my covenant, and I was Lord over them, says Jehovah. For this the covenant that I will cut out with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah; I gave my law in the midst of them, and upon their heart will I write it; and I was to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people.read more.
And they shall teach no more a man his neighbor and a man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah: for they all shall know me to their small and even to their great, says Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and to their sin I will have no more remembrance