26. As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, [the] God of Isaac, and [the] God of Jacob’?
27. He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled.”
28. One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
29. Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!
30. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
31. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32. The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’
33. And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34. And when Jesus saw that [he] answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
35. As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?
36. David himself, inspired by the holy Spirit, said:‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I place your enemies under your feet.”’
37. David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” [The] great crowd heard this with delight.
38. In the course of his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces,
39. seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.