³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And He said to him, “‘^(A)You shall 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 ^[a]foremost commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, ‘^(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^40 (C)Upon these two commandments ^[b]hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”

⁴ And ^(A)they tie up heavy burdens and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as their finger.

¹⁶ “Woe to you, ^(A)blind guides, who say, ‘^(B)Whoever swears by the ^[a]temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the ^[b]temple is obligated.’

¹⁸ And you say, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the ^[a]offering that is on it is obligated.’

²³ “^(A)Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and ^[a]cumin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

²⁵ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(A)you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full ^[a]of robbery and self-indulgence.