And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
A lawyer puts the question to trap Christ: what must I do to inherit eternal life? But a good question asked with a mean or contentious spirit is no good question at all. If we speak of eternal life as mere matter of dispute, we take God's name in vain.
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Commenting on Luke 10:25-37
Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; love your neighbor as yourself. This sums the law entirely. Yet Christ's words cut deeper: the law demands complete and perfect performance, which exposes the impossibility of gaining life by works.
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Verses 27-28. ; ; ; . Verse 27. (c) "Thou shalt love" (d) "thy neighbour as"