Old/New Testament

²⁸ And there came one of the scribes who had heard them disputing together. He perceived that Jesus had answered them well, and asked him, Which is the first of all the commandments?

²⁹ Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord God is one Lord. 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. This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

³² And the scribe said to him, Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth: that there is one God, and that there is none but he. ³³ And to love him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is a greater thing than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

³⁴ And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God.

And after that, no one dared ask him any question.

³⁵ And Jesus spoke and said, teaching in the temple, How is it the scribes say that Christ is the son of David? ³⁶ For David himself, inspired with the Holy Spirit, said, The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. ³⁷ So David himself calls him Lord. By what means then is he David’s son?

And the crowds of people heard him gladly. ³⁸ And he said to them as he taught them, Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long clothing, and love salutations in the market places, ³⁹ and the chief seats in the synagogues, and to sit in the uppermost places at feasts; ⁴⁰ and who devour widows’ houses, and that under a colour of long praying. These shall receive greater damnation.

⁴¹ Jesus sat across from the treasury and observed how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich cast in much. ⁴² And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two small coins worth a pittance. ⁴³ And he called his disciples to him and said to them, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all the others who have cast into the treasury. ⁴⁴ For they all gave from their surplus, but she, in her poverty, did cast in all that she had, even all her living.