Explanation: On Tuesday of the Passion Week, after Jesus answered the question of the Pharisees about paying tribute to Caesar, and the Sadducees question about the resurrection, a Pharisee who was a scribe (i.e., a lawyer) came to Jesus and asked him which was the greatest of all the commandments. Jesus told him that it was the commandment to love God and added that the second greatest commandment was to love your neighbor as yourself. The scribe agreed and noted that keeping these two commandments was greater than any and all sacrifices. Jesus told him, on the basis of that statement, that he was not far from the kingdom of God.

     ^{Matthew 22:34} But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. ^{Matthew 22:35a} Then one of them, which was a lawyer, ^{Mark 12:28a} one of the scribes, came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him ^{Matthew 22:35b} a question, tempting him, and saying, ^{Matthew 22:36} Master, which is the great commandment in the law? ^{Mark 12:28c} the first commandment of all? ^{Mark 12:29} And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: ^{Mark 12:30a} 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: ^{Matthew 22:38} This is the first and great commandment. ^{Matthew 22:39} And the second is like unto it, [^{Mark 12:31a} namely this,] You shall love your neighbour as yourself. ^{Mark 12:31b} There is none other commandment greater than these. ^{Matthew 22:40} On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. ^{Mark 12:32} And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, you have said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: ^{Mark 12:33} And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ^{Mark 12:34} And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

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