Matthew 22:34-40
Amplified Bible
34 Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together.(A) 35 One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”(B) 37 And Jesus replied to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’(C) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].’(D) 40 The whole Law and the [writings of the] Prophets depend on these two commandments.”
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