For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."

His road lay through Samaria,

In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"

But this rabble who understand nothing about the Law are accursed!"

"Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"

Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?"

In your own Law, too, it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

"Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "'I said, you are gods'?

The crowd answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ remains for ever. In what sense do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is that Son of Man?"

"Master," asked Peter again, "why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life on your behalf.

"You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!" said Jesus; "in most solemn truth I tell you that the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me."

But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law, 'They have hated me without any reason.'

They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year.

"Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death."

"We," replied the Jews, "have a Law, and in accordance with that Law he ought to die, for having claimed to be the Son of God."