For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.

Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

Do not be thinking that I am going to accuse you to the Father. You have your accuser; it is Moses on whom you have set your hopes!

For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the real bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the real bread out of heaven,

Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

Then Moses gave you the rite of circumcision -- not that it had its origin with Moses but with your earlier forefathers -- and you circumcise a male child even on the Sabbath.

Well, if a male child undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, to keep the law of Moses from being broken, are you angry with me for making a man perfectly well on the Sabbath?

In our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now, what do you say?"

Then they jeered him, and said, "You are a disciple of His yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.

We do know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."