Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,

And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!

After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.

He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.

Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—

After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”

“But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is it you want to tell me?”

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

The Law and the Promise

Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.

What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.

by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.

because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.