²⁸ And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and ^(A)you will live.”

²⁸ But He said, ^(A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

^3 (A)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And ^(B)His commandments are not burdensome.

²² And ^(A)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments ^(B)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

^14 (A)Blessed are those who ^[a]do His commandments, that they may have the right ^(B)to the tree of life, ^(C)and may enter through the gates into the city.

^19 (A)Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but ^(B)keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

^10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and ^(B)that your joy may be full. ^12 (C)This is My ^(D)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13 (E)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. ^14 (F)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.