{"id":11875,"date":"2024-10-21T14:35:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=11875"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:08:22","slug":"greatest-commandment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=11875","title":{"rendered":"Greatest Commandment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Matthew 22:  34 &#8211; 40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>34&nbsp;<\/sup>Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,&nbsp;the Pharisees got together.&nbsp;<sup>35&nbsp;<\/sup>One of them, an expert in the law,&nbsp;tested him with this question:&nbsp;<sup>36&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cTeacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>37\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus replied:\u00a0\u201c<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\u2019\u00a0<sup>38\u00a0<\/sup>This is the first and greatest commandment.\u00a0<sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a0<sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark 12: 28 &#8211; 34<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>One of the teachers of the law\u00a0came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, \u201cOf all the commandments, which is the most important?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThe most important one,\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>answered Jesus,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cis this: \u2018Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u2019\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>The second is this: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u00a0There is no commandment greater than these.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cWell said, teacher,\u201d the man replied. \u201cYou are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.&nbsp;<sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cYou are not far from the kingdom of God.\u201d\u00a0<\/mark>And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 22: 34 &#8211; 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