The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
This scribe stood apart from his fellows: he heard Christ answer the Sadducees well and owned it plainly, asking not to trap Him but to learn. He sought which commandment towers above all others, not in sequence but in weight, as the foundation on which all obedience rests.
AI summary
Commenting on Mark 12:28-34
And to love him with all the heart,.... That is, the one God, with a sincere hearty love and affection; and with all the understanding; of his being, perfections, and works, which will serve to draw the affections to him: this clause answers to that, "with all thy mind", in Mar 12:30; and with all the soul; with all the powers and faculties of it...