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And he answered and sayde: Loue thy Lorde God with all thy hert and with all thy soule and with all thy stregthe and with all thy mynde: and thy neghbour as thy sylfe.
And he answering said, thou shalt love the Lord thy God, &c.] This was part of their phylacteries, which they recited every day; (See Gill on Matthew 22:37) (See Gill on Matthew 22:39) (See Gill on Mark 12:28) (See Gill on Mark 12:29)
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And beholde a certayne Lawere stode vp and tempted him sayinge: Master what shall I do to inheret eternall life?
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He sayd vnto him: What is written in the lawe? How redest thou?
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And he answered and sayde: Loue thy Lorde God with all thy hert and with all thy soule and with all thy stregthe and with all thy mynde: and thy neghbour as thy sylfe.
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And he sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right. This do and thou shalt live.
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He willinge to iustifie him silfe sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghbour?