Now a scribe thinks it’s his turn to quiz Jesus... “Which is the first commandment of all?
He knows only too well that you can’t separate the commandments God gave Moses, so...how will this Galilean dude answer that one? (Mark 12:28-34)
Jesus wisely
recites the Sh’ma: the foundation of
the Jewish faith, that all Jews know since childhood!
“Hear O Israel (Sh’ma Yisrae’el): the
Lord our God is one Lord And you
shall love the Lord thy God with
all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and all your strength”
That’s not all Mr. Scribe, there’s a bonus
for you!...
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself!”
The scribe
unwittingly gives Jesus the Lord our God a big tick, only to hear....
“You are not far from
the kingdom of God”
No wonder
no-one dared ask any more
questions!
How would you rate yourself on that test? 100%?
Deuteronomy 6:4 Leviticus 19:18
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