"You give up what God has commanded,

you cling to what men hand down. You are fine teachers to cancel what God commanded, in order to keep what men have handed down!

And He answered them by asking, "What has Moses commanded you about it?"

But He particularly warned, yea, even commanded, them not to tell this to anybody,

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

So the garrison and its commander and the attendants of the Jews arrested Jesus and put handcuffs on Him,

While they were talking to the people, the high priests, the military commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came down upon them,

When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out.

Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.

So at once I sent for you, and you have been kind enough to come. So now we are all here in God's presence to listen to anything that the Lord has commanded you to say."

saying, "This is the blood that ratifies the covenant which God commanded me to make with you."

His command is this, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and practice loving one another, just as He commanded us to do.

I am happy to find that some of your children are living by the truth, just as we had been commanded from the Father to do.