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36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"
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“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 And 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 great 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 depend 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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