Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Christian Standard Bible
The Greatest Command
6 “This is the command—the statutes and ordinances—the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.(A) 2 Do this so that you may fear(B) the Lord your God(C) all the days of your life(D) by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.(E) 3 Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.(F)
4 “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](G) 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.(H) 6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.(I) 7 Repeat them to your children.(J) Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[b] on your forehead.[c](K) 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates.
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Matthew 22:34-46
Christian Standard Bible
The Primary Commands
34 When(A) the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35 And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him:(B) 36 “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”
37 He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.[a](C) 38 This is the greatest and most important[b] command. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.[c](D) 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend[d] on these two commands.”(E)
The Question about the Messiah
41 While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,(F) 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They replied, “David’s.”
43 He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit,[e] calls him ‘Lord’:(G)
44 The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies under your feet’?[f][g] (H)
45 “If David calls him ‘Lord,’ how, then, can he be his son?” 46 No one was able to answer him at all,[h] and from that day no one dared to question him anymore.(I)
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