37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang...
38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets. 41 And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying: What ...
However, only the words of Jesus“are spirit and are life”. As Jesus said about his own words inJohn 6:63,“…; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life”.And inJohn 6:68,“Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eter...
“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” American Standard VersionJesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to...
In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus discusses keeping the Mosaic Law and interpreting it properly, correcting some of the Pharisees' distortions. Jesus sums up the law and the prophets in the two great commandments -- to love God and love one's neighbor (Matthew 22:36-40). In John's Gospel,...
38 This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. 40 These two commandments [f]sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets. 41 Now while the Pharisees were still assemb...
When we read of dying to self-love, incidentally, this does not in any way contradict the one of the two Great Commandments Jesus referred to in his words to a Scribe to love your neighbor as yourself. This refers rather to the concupiscent "me first" kind of selfish love we all fal...
32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse...
There are many rending of the heavens in the Old Testament like the burning bush with Moses in the desert, the fire coming down on Mount Carmel with Elijah and the receiving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai with Moses. The ultimate rending of the heavens was with Jesus being born ...
21“He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose ...