As is often the case, The Living Bible is a corruption of biblical truth. It's one man's paraphrase. You can't call it a translation in the true sense. Here it is from the classical NIV:
(John 14:15-21 NIV) "If you love me, you will obey what I command. {16} And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- {17} the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. {18} I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. {19} Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. {20} On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. {21} Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."
Jesus wasn't telling people to obey the ten commandments but to obey the things he commanded. That we should love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves. That we should trust in him for our salvation. That he should be our Savior and Lord.