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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Law in a Sentence or Two, Part II.

The other law already has been summarized in a sentence or two.

"One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?

"And He said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'

"This is the great and foremost commandment.

"The second is like it, `YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'

"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

(Matthew 22:35-40 ; NASB [capitalization in the original].)