Matthew 22:34-40
The Greatest Commandment
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Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
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“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
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Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’a
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This is the first and greatest commandment.
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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’b
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All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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