The Two Great Commandments


Once a lawyer asked Jesus, "What is the most important of all the

commandments?" Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'The Lord our God

is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart,

with your whole soul, with your whole mind and with your whole

strength.'



"The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There

is no other commandment greater than these."



The lawyer said to him, "Teacher, you have rightly and truly said,

'There is one God and there is none other. Also to love him, with all

one's heart, and with all one's understanding, and with all one's

strength, and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself is far more

than all whole-burnt offerings and sacrifices.'"



When Jesus saw that the lawyer had answered wisely, he said to him, "You

are not far from the Kingdom of God."



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