34aBut when the Phariseesheard that Jesus had silencedbthe Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35And one of them, aa scholaroftheLaw, askedHimaquestion, testing Him, 36“Teacher, which is the greatcommandment in the Law?” 37And He said to him, “‘aYou shall love the1Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’38“This is the great and 1foremostcommandment.39“And the second is like it, ‘aYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.’40“aOn thesetwocommandmentshang the wholeLaw and the Prophets.”
Mark 12:28-31
The Foremost Commandment
28aAnd when one of the scribescame and heard them arguing, he brecognized that He had answered them well and asked Him, “Whatcommandment is the 1foremost of all?” 29Jesusanswered, “The foremost is, ‘aHear, O Israel! The1Lord our God is one2Lord;30aand you shall love the1Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’31“The second is this, ‘aYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is noothercommandmentgreater than these.”
Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan
25aAnd behold, a bscholaroftheLawstoodup and was putting Him tothetest, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inheriteternallife?” 26And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you readit?”27And he answered and said, “aYou shall love the1Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28And He said to him, “You have answeredcorrectly; adothis and you will live.”29But wishingato justifyhimself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesusreplied and said, “A man was agoingdown from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fellamongrobbers, and they stripped him and 1beat him, and wentawayleaving him halfdead.31“And a priesthappened to be goingdown on that road, and when he saw him, he passedbyontheotherside.32“Likewise a Levitealso, when he came to the place and saw him, passedbyontheotherside.33“But a aSamaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him, and when he saw him, he feltcompassion.34“And he came to him and bandagedup his wounds, pouringoil and wineonthem, and he put him on his ownanimal, and brought him to an inn and tookcare of him.35“And on the nextday he tookouttwo1denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Takecare of him, and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’36“Which of thesethree do you thinkproved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’hands?”37And he said, “The one who showedmercytoward him.” ThenJesussaid to him, “Go and do1the same.”
