²⁸And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.

²⁹And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.

³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.

³¹And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

³²And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth that there is one God and there is no other besides him.

³³And that he should be loved with the whole heart and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbour as one’s self is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.

³⁴And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

³⁵And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the scribes say that Christ is the son of David?

³⁶For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

³⁷David therefore himself calleth him Lord. And whence is he then his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly.

³⁸And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes and to be saluted in the marketplace,

³⁹And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers:

⁴⁰Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer. These shall receive greater judgment.

⁴¹And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich cast in much.

⁴²And there came a certain poor widow: and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

⁴³And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury.

⁴⁴For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole living.

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