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THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, βOf all the commandments, which is the most important?β
29 βThe most important one,β answered Jesus, βis this: βHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.β
31 The second is this: βLove your neighbor as yourself.β There is no commandment greater than these.β
32 βWell said, teacher,β the man replied. βYou are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.
33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.β
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, βYou are not far from the kingdom of God.β And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
(The Gospel of St. Mark, Chapter 12)