34. The Pharisees learned that Jesus had made the Sadducees look so foolish that they stopped trying to argue with him. So the Pharisees had a meeting.
35. Then one of them, an expert in the Law of Moses, asked Jesus a question to test him.
36. He said, “Teacher, which command in the law is the most important?”
37. Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
38. This is the first and most important command.
39. And the second command is like the first: ‘Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.’
40. All of the law and the writings of the prophets take their meaning from these two commands.”