The Great Commandment
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v But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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Then one of them, w a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,
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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
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Jesus said to him, x "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
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"This is the first and great commandment.
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"And the second is like it: y 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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z "On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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Cross References
Mark 12:28 - 31
Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?
Luke 10:25 - 37
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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Cross References
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will...
Luke 10:25
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and teste...
Luke 11:45
Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Hi...
Luke 11:46
And He said, "Woe to you also, lawyers! For you...
Luke 11:52
"Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away th...
Luke 14:3
And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and ...
Titus 3:13
Send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their jour...
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
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Cross References
Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grud...
Matthew 19:19
'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'You ...
Mark 12:31
"And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall l...
Luke 10:27
So he answered and said, "'You shall love the L...
Romans 13:9
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adu...
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even ...
James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law according t...
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Cross References
Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 13:10
Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.
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