26. But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
27. He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly mistaken.”
28. Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”
29. Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
31. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32. So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.