Jesus said: "'The first commandment is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength."'"
"' And the second is this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these.'" Mark 12: 29-31 (NRSV)
And Jesus' own commandment was: "'I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.'" John 13:34 (NRSV)
It has been said that the First Commandment covers the first five commandments of Moses Ten Commandments and that the Second Commandment covers the second five commandments.
To love God and to love your neighbor.
This was Jesus' teaching in the Temple during Holy Week.
And it is his teaching to us now!
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