Our passage for reading is in Mark 12:28-31 about the two greatest commandments. It says: " 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?” “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.” In another account in Matthew 22:34-40: " Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .’ This is the first a