And He saidto him, "You have answeredcorrectly;DOTHISAND YOU WILL LIVE."
And admonishedthem in order to turnthem backto Your law.Yet they actedarrogantlyand did not listento Your commandmentsbut sinnedagainst Your ordinances,By whichif a manobservesthem he shall live.And they turneda stubbornshoulderand stiffenedtheir neck,and would not listen.
He who keepsthe commandmentkeepshis soul,[But] he who is carelessof conductwill die.
"I gavethem My statutesand informedthem of My ordinances,by which,if a manobservesthem, he will live.
"But the houseof Israelrebelledagainst Me in the wilderness.They did not walkin My statutesand they rejectedMy ordinances,by which,if a manobservesthem, he will live;and My sabbathsthey greatlyprofaned.Then I resolvedto pourout My wrathon them in the wilderness,to annihilatethem.
"But the childrenrebelledagainst Me; they did not walkin My statutes,norwere they carefulto observeMy ordinances,by which,[if] a manobservesthem, he will live;they profanedMy sabbaths.So I resolvedto pourout My wrathon them, to accomplishMy angeragainst them in the wilderness.
So you shall keepMy statutesand My judgments,by whicha manmay liveif he doesthem; I am the LORD.
And He saidto him, "Whyare you askingMe aboutwhatis good?There is [only] Onewho is good;but ifyou wishto enterinto life,keepthe commandments."
When Jesussawthat he had answeredintelligently,He saidto him, "You are not farfrom the kingdomof God."After that, no onewould ventureto askHim any morequestions.
Simonansweredand said,"I supposethe one whomhe forgavemore."And He saidto him, "You have judgedcorrectly."
For Christis the endof the lawfor righteousnessto everyonewho believes.
Nowwe knowthat whateverthe Lawsays,it speaksto thosewho are underthe Law,sothat everymouthmay be closedand allthe worldmay becomeaccountableto God;
and thiscommandment,which was to resultin life,provedto resultin deathfor me;
However,the Lawis not of faith;on the contrary,"HE WHO PRACTICESTHEM SHALL LIVEBY THEM."
"So the LORDcommandedus to observeallthesestatutes,to fearthe LORDour Godfor our goodalwaysand for our survival,as [it is] today.
