31. “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,
32. ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”
33. When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
34. But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.
35. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
36. “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37. Jesus replied, “‘You must love the lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
38. This is the first and greatest commandment.