If you love Me, keep My commandments.

You have heard Me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father, for My Father is greater than I.

Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham Your friend forever?

The Beloved: I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. To His Friends: Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, get drunk, O beloved ones!

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

For whoever does the will of My Father in Heaven, that one is My brother and sister and mother.

And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called, Friend of God.

His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and make Myself known to him.

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.