36 Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew 22:36 Cross References - MLV
Hosea 8:12
12 I wrote for him the multitude of my law, but they are counted as a strange thing.
Matthew 5:19-20
19 Therefore, whoever loosens one of these least commandments and may teach men to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens, but whoever practices and should teach them, he will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
20 For I am saying to you, that if your righteousness is not abounding more-than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you may never enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Matthew 15:6
6 and then should never honor his father and mother, and thus you invalidated the commandment of God because of your tradition.
Matthew 23:23-24
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and yet have left behind the weighty things of the law: justice and mercy and faith. You ought to do these, and not to have left behind those other things.
24 You blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
Mark 12:28-33
28 And one of the scribes came and heard them debating together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 But Jesus answered, The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one'; 30 and ‘You will love the Lord your God from all your heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.’This is the first commandment. 31 And the second is similar, ‘You will love your neighbor like yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him, In truth, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is no other except him; 33 and to love him from the whole heart and from the whole intelligence and from the whole soul and from the whole strength and to love his neighbor like himself, is more-than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
29 But Jesus answered, The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one'; 30 and ‘You will love the Lord your God from all your heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.’This is the first commandment. 31 And the second is similar, ‘You will love your neighbor like yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him, In truth, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is no other except him; 33 and to love him from the whole heart and from the whole intelligence and from the whole soul and from the whole strength and to love his neighbor like himself, is more-than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 11:42
42 But woe to you Pharisees! Because you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and are passing over justice and the love of God. It was essential to have practiced these things and to not leave the other things undone.