John 7:19

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Moses gave you the law, right? But you don’t obey that law. If you do, then why are you trying to kill me?”

Cross References

John 1:17

That is, the law was given to us through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 11:53

That day the Jewish leaders began planning to kill Jesus.

John 7:1

After this, Jesus traveled around the country of Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish leaders there wanted to kill him.

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.

Galatians 6:13

They are circumcised, but they don’t obey the law themselves. They want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about what they did to you.

Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses gave us the law. These teachings are for Jacob’s people.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must treat everyone the same when you judge. You must listen carefully to everyone—whether they are important or not. Don’t be afraid of anyone, because your decision is from God. But if there is a case too hard for you to judge, bring it to me and I will judge it.’

Galatians 3:19

So what was the law for? The law was given to show the wrong things people do. The law would continue until the special Descendant of Abraham came. This is the Descendant mentioned in the promise, which came directly from God. But the law was given through angels, and the angels used Moses as a mediator to give the law to the people.

Acts 7:38

This same Moses was with the gathering of God’s people in the desert. He was with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and he was with our ancestors. He received life-giving words from God to give to us.

John 10:39

They tried to get Jesus again, but he escaped from them.

John 7:25

Then some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill.

John 5:45

Don’t think that I will be the one to stand before the Father and accuse you. Moses is the one to accuse you. And he is the one you hoped would save you.

John 5:18

This made them even more determined to kill him. They thought it was bad enough that he was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. And now he was saying that God is his Father, making himself equal with God!

John 5:16

Jesus was doing all this on the Sabbath day. So these Jews began trying to make him stop.

Mark 3:6

Then the Pharisees left and made plans with the Herodians about a way to kill Jesus.

Mark 3:4

Then Jesus asked the people, “Which is the right thing to do on the Sabbath day: to do good or to do evil? Is it right to save a life or to destroy one?” The people said nothing to answer him.

Matthew 21:38

“But when the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.’

Mark 11:18

When the leading priests and the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said, they began trying to find a way to kill him. They were afraid of him because all the people were amazed at his teaching.