While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;

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All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

For

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

And it came about that when the days were near for him to be taken up, his face was turned to go to Jerusalem,

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;

This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

And ye

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

General references

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

Though the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the orders of their father which he gave them, this people has not given ear to me:

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,