You shall keepMy statutesand practicethem; I am the LORDwho sanctifiesyou.
"But as for you, speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,You shall surelyobserveMy sabbaths;for [this] is a signbetweenMe and you throughout your generations,that you may knowthat I am the LORDwho sanctifiesyou.
"AlsoI gavethem My sabbathsto be a signbetweenMe and them, that they might knowthat I am the LORDwho sanctifiesthem.
"And the nationswill knowthat I am the LORDwho sanctifiesIsrael,when My sanctuaryis in their midstforever."'"
You are to keepMy statutes.You shall not breedtogethertwokindsof your cattle;you shall not sowyour fieldwith twokindsof seed, norweara garmentupon you of twokindsof materialmixedtogether.
You shall thus observeallMy statutesand allMy ordinancesand dothem; I am the LORD.'"
Thus you are to be holyto Me, for I the LORDam holy;and I have setyou apartfrom the peoplesto be Mine.
You shall consecratehim, therefore, for he offersthe foodof your God;he shall be holyto you; for I the LORD,who sanctifiesyou, am holy.
"You shall not profaneMy holyname,but I will be sanctifiedamongthe sonsof Israel;I am the LORDwho sanctifiesyou,
"For whoeverdoesthe willof My Fatherwho is in heaven,he is My brotherand sisterand mother."
"You foolsand blind men!Whichis more important,the goldorthe templethat sanctifiedthe gold?
"Whoeverthenannulsoneof the leastof thesecommandments,and teachesothers[to do] the same,shall be calledleastin the kingdomof heaven;but whoeverkeepsand teaches[them], he shall be calledgreatin the kingdomof heaven.
"Thereforeeveryonewhohearsthesewordsof Mineand actson them, may be comparedto a wisemanwhobuilthis houseon the rock.
"Ifyou knowthese things,you are blessedifyou dothem.
But by His doing you are in ChristJesus,whobecameto us wisdomfrom God,and righteousnessand sanctification,and redemption,
Nowmay the Godof peaceHimselfsanctifyyou entirely;and may your spiritand souland bodybe preservedcomplete,without blameat the comingof our LordJesusChrist.
But we shouldalwaysgive thanksto Godfor you, brethrenbelovedby the Lord,becauseGodhas chosenyou from the beginningfor salvationthroughsanctificationby the Spiritand faithin the truth.
But proveyourselves doersof the word,and not merelyhearerswho deludethemselves.
Blessedare thosewho washtheir robes,sothat they may have the rightto the treeof life,and may enterby the gatesinto the city.
