|
The
Words of Jesus about Love (Mark 12:28-34)
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, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: `Hear, 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.'
31 The second is this: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no
commandment greater than these."
32 "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You 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."
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not
far from the kingdom of God." (New International Version)
|
|