¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

⁵⁰ For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

⁴ And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

³ For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

²³ And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

²⁸ Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

²¹ He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

¹⁵ If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

¹⁷ If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

⁵ His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.

⁸ But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

¹ I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

⁷ Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?