³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

The Great Commandment

^28 (A)And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” ²⁹ Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^(B)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^(C)the Lord is one. ³⁰ And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ^31 (D)The second is this: ^(E)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^(F)greater than these.” ³² And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^(G)he is one, and ^(H)there is no other besides him. ³³ And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(I)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(J)is much more than all ^(K)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

^19 (A)Therefore whoever relaxes ^(B)one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least ^(C)in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great ^(D)in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds ^(E)that of the scribes and Pharisees, you ^(F)will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

^42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For ^(B)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect ^(C)justice and ^(D)the love of God. ^(E)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

^23 (A)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^(B)you tithe mint and dill and ^(C)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^(D)justice and mercy and faithfulness. ^(E)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ²⁴ You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing ^(F)a camel!

⁶ he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^(A)made void the word^[a] of God.