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The Pharisees Question Jesus
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this:
'Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God,
the Lord is one.
30 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 The second is this:
'Love your neighbor
as yourself.'
There is no commandment greater than these."
32 "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34 When Jesus saw that he had
answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And
from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
Mark 12:28-34
Paintings by by James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902). Biography. Nearly all of Tissot's paintings of the Life of Christ (1884-1896) are rendered in opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper and are owned by the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Watching Holy Week Unfold
with paintings by James J. Tissot of the Life and Passion of Christ, Good Friday, and the Resurrection
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