Leviticus 20:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I have chosen you as my people, and I expect you to obey my laws.

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:12

And I commanded them to respect the Sabbath as a way of showing that they were holy and belonged to me.

Ezekiel 37:28

Every nation on earth will know that my temple is in Israel and that I have chosen the Israelites to be my people.

Leviticus 19:19

Breed your livestock animals only with animals of the same kind, and don't plant two kinds of seed in the same field or wear clothes made of different kinds of material.

Leviticus 19:37

and I command you to obey my laws.

Leviticus 20:26

I am the LORD, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

Leviticus 21:8

because I am holy. And so, you must be treated with proper respect, since you offer food sacrifices to me, the God of holiness.

Leviticus 22:32

I demand respect from the people of Israel, so don't disgrace my holy name. Remember—I am the one who chose you to be priests and rescued all of you from Egypt, so that I would be your LORD.

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother.”

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Matthew 5:19

If you reject even the least important command in the Law and teach others to do the same, you will be the least important person in the kingdom of heaven. But if you obey and teach others its commands, you will have an important place in the kingdom.

Matthew 7:24

Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.

John 13:17

You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them.

1 Corinthians 1:30

You are God's children. He sent Christ Jesus to save us and to make us wise, acceptable, and holy.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

I pray that God, who gives peace, will make you completely holy. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept healthy and faultless until our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

My friends, the Lord loves you, and it is only natural for us to thank God for you. God chose you to be the first ones to be saved. His Spirit made you holy, and you put your faith in the truth.

James 1:22

Obey God's message! Don't fool yourselves by just listening to it.

Revelation 22:14

God will bless all who have washed their robes. They will each have the right to eat fruit from the tree that gives life, and they can enter the gates of the city.