which means, "God with us." When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

Then Jesus told him, "See to it that you don't speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

He told the man, "Be sure that you don't tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

Then Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as proof to the authorities."

He doesn't praise the servant for doing what was commanded, does he?

Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women to death. What do you say?"

No one is taking it from me; I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This is what my Father has commanded me."

because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.

But I'm doing what the Father has commanded me, to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."

Then the soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus and tied him up.

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.

When day came, the magistrates sent guards, who commanded, "Release those men."

The reason I left you in Crete was to complete what still needed to be done and to appoint elders in every city, as I myself commanded you.

And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to love one another as he commanded us.

I was overjoyed to find some of your children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us.

And this is what demonstrates love: that we live according to God's commandments. Just as you have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you must live by it.

To the person who conquers and continues to do what I've commanded to the end, I will give authority over the nations.