Matthew 22:34-40 - The Greatest Commandment
34 And the Pharisees having heard that he muzzled the Sadducees, were gathered upon the same. 35 And one of them, skilled in the law, asked, tempting him, and saying, 36 Teacher, which the great command in the law?
37 And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 38 This is the first and the great command. 39 And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 In these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.
28 And one of the scribes having come, having heard them seeking out together, knowing that he answered them well, asked him, Which is the first command of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, That the first of all the commands, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength: this the first command.
31 And the second like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. No other command is greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him, Well, Teacher, in truth hast thou spoken: for one God is; and there is no other but he: 33 And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole burnt offerrings, and the sacrifices.
34 And Jesus having seen him that he answered understandingly, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And none dared to ask him any more.