¹⁰ “As at the first time, ^(A)I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; ^(B)the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you. ^11 (C)Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, begin your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.’

The Essence of the Law

¹² “And now, Israel, ^(D)what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to ^(E)love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today ^(F)for your ^[a]good? ¹⁴ Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the ^(G)Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it. ¹⁵ The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their ^[b]descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. ¹⁶ Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your ^(H)heart, and be ^(I)stiff-necked^[c] no longer. ¹⁷ For the Lord your God is ^(J)God of gods and ^(K)Lord of lords, the great God, ^(L)mighty and awesome, who ^(M)shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. ^18 (N)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. ¹⁹ Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ^20 (O)You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. ²¹ He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

Spiritual Gifts at Corinth

^4 (A)I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, ⁵ that you were enriched in everything by Him ^(B)in all ^[a]utterance and all knowledge, ⁶ even as ^(C)the testimony of Christ was confirmed ^[b]in you, ⁷ so that you come short in no gift, eagerly ^(D)waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^8 (E)who will also confirm you to the end, ^(F)that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^9 (G)God is faithful, by whom you were called into ^(H)the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?^(A)

^34 (B)But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵ Then one of them, ^(C)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

³⁷ Jesus said to him, ^(D)“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ^(E)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ^40 (F)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?^(G)

^41 (H)While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, ⁴² saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”

They said to Him, “The ^(I)Son of David.”

⁴³ He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

⁴⁵ If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” ^46 (K)And no one was able to answer Him a word, ^(L)nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.