Mark 12:28-34
The Greatest Commandment Jesus Tells Us About Love
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.
Jesus entire ministry is the embodiment of love...The Most Important Commandment Jesus says “when ask what is the most important commandment is about love..."The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One...Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’...The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’...There is no commandment greater than these."...
Jesus wants us and gives us the command to love our enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and our reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind to the ungrateful and the evil...Be merciful, even as our Father is merciful...Jesus teaches us to love the LORD our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all of our mind...This is the first and Great commandment...And a second is very much like it: We shall love our neighbors as ourselves...On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets...
Jesus teaches us more about love...In His Parable of the Good Samaritan, He teaches more on love...The story is one about a Samaritan who helps a wounded Jew, even though Samaritans and Jews were often hostile towards each other...Jesus uses this story to illustrate that love extends beyond our usual circles...In one of His last commands to His Disciples, He tells them about a new commandment that He gave to them...The command is that they love one another: just as He LOVES them...You also are to love one another...By this all people would know that they truly are His disciples, if you have love for one another...Jesus emphasizes that love is not just a feeling, but needs to be translated into action and service...