²⁸ And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

⁵ So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

¹¹ And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.

¹⁷ And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

¹² And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

²⁹ And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

⁴ For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.

¹⁹ Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

⁴³ Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.

³⁴ And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

²¹ But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land.

¹³ But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.