A Short Treatise on the Love of God

Chaptered him, testing original: "verfoekende"; in this context, it implies putting someone to the test or tempting them with a difficult question. him, and saying: Master, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law? Jesus 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 first and greatest Commandment. And the second is like unto this Commandment: you shall love your Neighbor as yourself. On these two Commandments hang the entire Law and the Prophets.

A scribe original: "Schrift-geleerde"; a scholar of the religious law. stepped forward and asked him: which is the first Commandment of all? Jesus answered him: the first of all the Commandments is; Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord: and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, (thought: spirit) original: "gedachte: gemoed"; the author provides synonyms for the internal faculties of the person. and with all your strength; this is the first Commandment: the second is like it: you shall love your Neighbor as yourself. There is no other Commandment greater than these. And the scribe said to him: Master, in truth, you have well said that there is one God, and that there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart; and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the strength: and to love the Neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: you are not far from the Kingdom of God.