He answering said to them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

And he said to them, Full well ye abolish the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.

Having yet therefore one son his well-beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them disputing together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

And the scribe said to him, Excellently well, Master! Thou hast said the truth: for He is one: and there is no other but he.