Jesus never said read the bible(old/new) or talmud.. or any other lore..
What he said was if you want to know something/anything go to the Holy Spirit..
Since most people couldn’t read anyway... and there were few if any bibles or even talmuds available..
The call to read the bible is almost totally a modern contrivance.. (since the printing press)
It appears that most/many christians use the Holy Spirit as a doofus.. in Jesus place.. i.e. janitor...goofer..
Who can blame them thats all they mostly have “seen” and “know”..
Well its an idea............ as worthy as any other...
NT Scripture is, of course, post Christ's fleshly presence on Earth. Christ did enjoin us to keep the Commandments, among other instructions, did caution us not to murmur at the ways of Providence, and did make frequent reference to prophecies in the OT.
If one were to use the NASB version of the bible whenever The NASB bible is a blessing for this alone. If one were a student of the WORD of G-d,
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
one would know Yah'shua many times said it is written
when he was quoting the Tanach.
the Tanach is quoted it is placed in all upper case letters.