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34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
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Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
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“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 He said to him, " "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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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.’
38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
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This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
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All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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