"You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down.

"How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you.

But he answered, "What has Moses commanded you to do?"

but he is coming that the world may know that I love the Father and am doing what he has commanded me to do. Come, let us go away.

As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

saying, "This blood ratifies the agreement which God has commanded me to make with you."

His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.

It makes me exceedingly happy to find that some of your children are guided by truth, just as we have been commanded to be by the Father.