Mat 22:34-40, Mar 12:28-34, Act 23:9 | ESV | STEP | But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees , they gathered together .

34 ^aBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^bthe Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 ^cAnd one of them, ^da lawyer, asked him a question ^eto test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, ^f“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And ^ga second is like it: ^hYou shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 ⁱOn these two commandments depend ^jall the Law and the Prophets.”

Mark 12:28-34

The Great Commandment

28 ^kAnd one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^l‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^mthe Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 ⁿThe second is this: ^o‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^pgreater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^qhe is one, and ^rthere is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all ^sthe understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, ^tis much more than all ^uwhole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^vAnd after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Acts 23:9

9 Then a great clamor arose, and some of ^wthe scribes of the Pharisees’ party stood up and contended sharply, ^x“We find nothing wrong in this man. What ^yif a spirit or an angel spoke to him?”