Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
General references
Bible References
General references
Matthew 5:19 So whoever breaks one of the least [important] of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 15:6 he is not to honor his father or his mother [by helping them with their need].’ So by this you have invalidated the word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect] for the sake of your tradition [handed down by the elders].
Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others.
Hosea 8:12
I wrote for him the ten thousand precepts of My law,
But they are regarded as a strange thing [which does not concern him].
I wrote for him the ten thousand precepts of My law,
But they are regarded as a strange thing [which does not concern him].
Mark 12:28
Then one of the scribes [an expert in Mosaic Law] came up and listened to them arguing [with one another], and noticing that Jesus answered them well, asked Him, “Which commandment is first and most important of all?”
Luke 11:42 “But woe (judgment is coming) to you Pharisees, because you [self-righteously] tithe mint and rue and every garden herb [tending to all the minutiae], and yet disregard and neglect justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done, without neglecting the others.