Luke 10.25-2825And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?� 26And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?� 27And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.� 28And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.�
And this.
Matthew 19.17b
Matthew 7.2117............... but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.�
And what is the will of our Heavenly Father? Is it not expressed in the "Law and the Prophets"?"Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord!' will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. ...
And what is the "Law and the Prophets"?
According to Jesus, simply this:
Or, to simplify even further:36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?� 37And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ 38“This is the great and foremost commandment. 39“The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ 40“On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.�
Matthew 7.12
12“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Notice the following.
The Synoptic Jesus does not mention the necessity of being "bloodwashed", or belief in the blood in order to be saved.
Paul does.
The Synpoptic Jesus celebrates the Law as a way to salvation.
Paul, by contrast, considers those who attempt to follow the Law to salvation, accursed.
The Synoptic Jesus does not claim to be the "only way" to God in these passages. The Johannine Jesus does.
For debate...Why don't John and Paul teach the same "plan of salvation" as does the Jesus of the Synoptics?