25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
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He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a] ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] ”
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“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”