Jesus’ Words (All He Taught was Torah-Then he magnified it) → See List of Torah Sources
This page begins with the Great Commission’s mandate to “teach them to observe all that I commanded you,” then works backwards: first a summary of Jesus’ commands in the NT (with cross-links), and then the full mapping from Jesus’ sayings to their Torah sources.
- Great Commission — Teach My Commands (Matt 28:18–20)
- What Did Jesus Command? (NT summary)
- What Must I Do To Be Saved?
- Temptation in the Wilderness
- Resurrection Proof to the Sadducees
- Marriage & Creation
- The Great Commandments
- Decalogue & Case Laws (Parents/Rich Ruler)
- Sermon on the Mount (Oaths, Talion, Neighbor)
- Witnesses & Testimony
- Priests, Sabbath & Works of Necessity/Mercy
- Leprosy Offerings
- Bronze Serpent Typology
- Manna / Bread from Heaven
- “The Poor Ye Have Always”
A. Great Commission — Teach My Commands (Matthew 28:18–20)
Jesus — Matthew 28:18–20
“All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Emphasis: Discipling includes teaching obedience to everything Jesus commanded—which He anchors in the Torah.
See also: What Must I Do To Be Saved?
B. What Did Jesus Command? (NT summary → jump to details)
- “Keep the commandments.” — Jesus: “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments…” (Matt 19:17–19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20) → Jump to Rich Ruler list and Parents/Cursing.
- Love God wholly; love neighbor as self. — (Mark 12:29–31; Matt 22:37–39) → Jump to Great Commandments.
- Truthful speech; fulfill vows. — (Matt 5:33–37) → Jump to Oaths.
- Reject retaliation; practice enemy-love. — (Matt 5:38, 43–44) → Jump to Lex Talionis and Neighbor/Enemy.
- Establish matters by multiple witnesses. — (Matt 18:16; John 8:17) → Jump to Witnesses & Testimony.
- Mercy/necessity on the Sabbath; priestly service continues. — (Matt 12:5; Luke 14:5; John 7:22–23) → Jump to Priests on Sabbath, Mercy to Animals, Circumcision on Sabbath.
- Follow Mosaic procedures when applicable (e.g., healed leper). — (Matt 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14) → Jump to Leprosy Offering.
This is some of the **content** we are to “teach… to observe” (Matt 28:20), unfolded below with Jesus → Torah pairings.
C. Temptation in the Wilderness
Jesus — Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4
“It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 8:3
“…that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.”
Jesus — Matthew 4:7; Luke 4:12
“It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 6:16
“Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.”
Jesus — Matthew 4:10; Luke 4:8
“It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 6:13; 10:20
“Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him…” (6:13) “Him shalt thou serve…” (10:20)
D. Resurrection Proof to the Sadducees
Jesus — Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37–38
“I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob…”
Torah — Exodus 3:6
“I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
E. Marriage & Creation (Divorce/Remarriage)
Jesus — Matthew 19:4–6; cf. Mark 10:6–8
“He which made them at the beginning made them male and female… ‘For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh’… What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Torah — Genesis 1:27; 2:24
“…male and female created he them.” (1:27) “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” (2:24)
Jesus — Matthew 5:31
“It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 24:1
“…then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.”
F. The Great Commandments
Jesus — Mark 12:29–31; Matt 22:37–39
“Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart… And the second is like… Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 6:4–5; Leviticus 19:18
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD… thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart…” (Deut 6:4–5)
“…thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself…” (Lev 19:18)
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G. Decalogue & Case Laws (Parents / Rich Ruler)
Jesus — Matthew 15:4; Mark 7:10
“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”
Torah — Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
“Honour thy father and thy mother…” (Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16)
“He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.” (Exod 21:17; cf. Lev 20:9)
Jesus — Matthew 19:17–19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20
“If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments… Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother… (and) Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
Torah — Exodus 20:12–16; Deuteronomy 5:16–20; Leviticus 19:18
“Thou shalt not kill.” (Exod 20:13) “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” (20:14) “Thou shalt not steal.” (20:15) “Thou shalt not bear false witness…” (20:16) “Honour thy father and thy mother.” (20:12)
“…thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Lev 19:18)
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H. Sermon on the Mount (Oaths, Talion, Neighbor)
Jesus — Matthew 5:33–37 (Oaths)
“Ye have heard… Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths…”
Torah — Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21–23
“Ye shall not swear by my name falsely…” (Lev 19:12)
“If a man vow a vow unto the LORD… he shall not break his word…” (Num 30:2)
“When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it…” (Deut 23:21–23)
Jesus — Matthew 5:38 (Lex Talionis)
“Ye have heard… An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”
Torah — Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth…” (Exod 21:24) “Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth…” (Lev 24:20) “…eye for eye, tooth for tooth.” (Deut 19:21)
Jesus — Matthew 5:43–44 (Neighbor/Enemy)
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour… But I say unto you, Love your enemies…”
Torah — Leviticus 19:18
“…thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself…”
I. Witnesses & Testimony
Jesus — Matthew 18:16
“…that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.”
Jesus — John 8:17
“It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 19:15 (cf. 17:6)
“One witness shall not rise up against a man… at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.”
J. Priests, Sabbath & Works of Necessity/Mercy
Jesus — Matthew 12:5 (Priests on the Sabbath)
“Have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?”
Torah — Numbers 28:9–10; Leviticus 24:8
“And on the sabbath day two lambs… This is the burnt offering of every sabbath…” (Num 28:9–10)
“Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually…” (Lev 24:8)
Jesus — Luke 14:5 (cf. 13:15) — Mercy to Animals
“Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?”
Torah — Deuteronomy 22:4; Exodus 23:5
“Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall down by the way… thou shalt surely help him…” (Deut 22:4)
“If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee… thou shalt surely help with him.” (Exod 23:5)
Jesus — John 7:22–23 (Circumcision on Sabbath)
“Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision… and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.”
Torah — Genesis 17:10–12; Leviticus 12:3
“Every man child among you shall be circumcised… he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you…” (Gen 17:10–12)
“And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” (Lev 12:3)
K. Leprosy / Skin-Disease Offerings
Jesus — Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14
“See thou tell no man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”
Torah — Leviticus 14:2–3 (representative of vv.2–32)
“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp…”
L. Bronze Serpent Typology
Jesus — John 3:14
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.”
Torah — Numbers 21:8–9
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole… And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole…”
M. Manna / Bread from Heaven
Jesus — John 6:32
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.”
Torah — Exodus 16:4 (repr.)
“Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you…”
N. “The Poor Ye Have Always”
Jesus — Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8
“For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.”
Torah — Deuteronomy 15:11
“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother…”