Matthew 22:34-40

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The Greatest Commandment^(A)

³⁴Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,^(B) the Pharisees got together. ³⁵One of them, an expert in the law,^(C) tested him with this question: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(D) ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]^(E) ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”^(F)

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Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18

Mark 12:28-31

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The Greatest Commandment^(A)

²⁸One of the teachers of the law^(B) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

²⁹“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[a] ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’^[b]^(C) ³¹The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[c]^(D) There is no commandment greater than these.”