For the Law was given through Moses, love and truth came through Jesus Christ.

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;

"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "Moses did not give you the Bread from Heaven, but my Father does give you the true Bread from Heaven;

Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?"

But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you- -not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors--and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?

"You are his disciple," they retorted scornfully; "but we are disciples of Moses.

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."