Synergy of Matthew 22:34-40/Mark 12:28-31/Luke 10:25-28
Then one of them, which was a lawyer,
asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Which is the first commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him,
The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
And the scribe said unto him,
Well, Master, thou hast said the truth:
for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
and with all the soul, and with all the strength,
and to love his neighbor as himself,
is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly,
he said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Thou hast answered right:
this do, and thou shalt live.
And no man after that durst ask him any question.
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John Adds - God is love; 1 John 4:16
"This question Christ answered .... Our neighbor is every soul who is wounded and bruised by the adversary. Our neighbor is every one who is the property of God." Christ's Object Lessons E.G.W.