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Matthew 22:34-40
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Matthew 22:34-40
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The Most Important Commandment
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The Pharisees heard that the Sadducees weren't able to answer Jesus. So the Pharisees got together.
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One of them was an authority on the law. So he tested Jesus with a question.
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"Teacher," he asked, "which is the most important commandment in the Law?"
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Jesus replied, " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind.'(Deuteronomy 6:5)
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This is the first and most important commandment.
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And the second is like it. 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'(Leviticus 19:18)
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Everything that is written in the Law and the Prophets is based on these two commandments."
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