You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.
If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?
Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.
For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.
And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?
And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.
And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.
And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,
And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;
And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.
Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?
The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.
And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.
I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.
And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.
And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:
And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.
Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.
But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?
But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.
Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.
Because it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has faith in him will not be shamed.
God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
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