[ravenwolf]

It ALL is given to us so that we may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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But I believe Christians do need to read what Jesus said.

[boatbums]

No one here has denied that anyone should NOT read what Jesus said, have they? The mistake is in ONLY reading what the four gospels say Jesus said and did, and there were MANY things Jesus did that were not written down, as John said. Because if they were, the WORLD could not contain all the books that could be written! The Holy Spirit, as Jesus promised, continued to inspire and lead the Apostles and disciples into further revelation that needed to be taught and written down so that we, nearly two thousand years later, have everything those first believers had to know the truth of the Christian faith.

As the Apostle John concluded in his gospel:

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:30,31)

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. (John 21:25)

[Mark17]

But I believe Christians do need to read what Jesus said.

I don't know of any who don't.

I believe what Jesus said has priority, but only if there is a contradiction.

I have been reading the New Testament, pretty much everyday for about 45 years. I haven't noticed any contradictions yet. If you have, then please point it out to me and the other Bible specialists here. To the best of my knowledge, none of them have seen contradictions either, but I am sure they can answer for themselves.