²⁷ My sheep ^(A)listen to My voice, and ^(B)I know them, and they follow Me;

³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^(A)You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: ^(B)to testify to the truth. ^(C)Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

³⁹ And she had a sister called ^(A)Mary, who was also ^(B)seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word.

²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(A)those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

³⁵ And then ^(A)a voice came from the cloud, saying, “^(B)This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!”

⁸ But what does it say? “^(A)The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

¹⁷ So faith comes from ^(A)hearing, and hearing by ^(B)the word ^[a]of Christ.

^10 [a]if you ^[b]obey the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which ^(A)are written in this Book of the Law, ^[c]if you turn to the Lord your God ^(B)with all your heart and soul.

¹¹ “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away. ¹² It is not in heaven, ^[d]that you could say, ‘^(C)Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[e]follow it?’ ¹³ Nor is it beyond the sea, ^[f]that you could say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us, so that we may ^[g]follow it?’ ¹⁴ On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may ^[h]follow it.

^63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(B)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.