. . . Jesus went to the temple and began to teach. Then the Jews were astonished; they said, "How does this person know the Scriptures without an education?" Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not Mine but His Who sent Me. If anyone wills to do His will he will understand the teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from Myself. Anyone presenting his own ideas is looking for praise for himself, but He Who seeks the glory of the One Who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. He Who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him."
   "All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the One Who sent Me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end."
   For Jesus was faithful to God Who appointed Him High Priest, just as Moses also faithfully served in God's house. But Jesus has far more glory than Moses, just as a man who builds a fine house gets more praise than his house does. And many people can build houses, but only God made everything. Well, Moses did a fine job working in God's house, but he was only a servant; and his work was mostly to illustrate and suggest those things that would happen later on. But Christ, God's faithful Son, is in complete charge of God's house. And we Christians are God's house - He lives in us! - if we keep up our courage firm to the end, and our joy and our trust in the Lord. And since Christ is so much superior, the Holy Spirit warns us to listen to Him, to be careful to hear His voice today . . .
   The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and under-standing, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the reverence of the Lord; and His delight shall be in the reverence of the Lord. He shall not judge by what His eyes see, or decide by what His ears hear; but with justice shall He judge the poor, and with fairness shall He decide for the meek of the land. He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and the wicked He shall slay with the breath of His lips. Righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist, and faithfulness the belt for His loins.

Taken from Jn. 7, 8, 9, Heb. 3, Isa. 11, The Modern Language Bible, The Living Bible
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