³⁴ After Jesus had made the Sadducees look foolish, the Pharisees heard about it and got together.³⁵ One of them was an expert in the Jewish Law. So he tried to test Jesus by asking,³⁶ “Teacher, what is the most important commandment in the Law?”

³⁷ Jesus answered: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.³⁸ This is the first and most important commandment.³⁹ The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, “Love others as much as you love yourself.”⁴⁰ All the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophetsare based on these two commandments.