Article March 13, 1937 Issue

Another Commandment

MARGARET Y. LULL

During the last week of his busy healing ministry, Jesus came to Jerusalem and entered into the temple. Already the clouds of hatred were gathering. The ecclesiastical sects had been inflamed by his triumphal ride into the city, showing evidence of the size and devotion of his following. The scribes, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees, inflamed by envy and hate, were plotting his downfall. In turn, members of these groups came to ask craftily planned questions, designed to catch him in his words and to break his hold upon the people.

At last, as recorded in Mark's Gospel, one of the scribes who had been listening and who had perceived the wisdom of Jesus' answers, asked him, "Which is the first commandment of all?" Jesus answered, "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." Then, esteeming it no less important than the first, he said, "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

The questioner admitted the truth and greatness of this answer, and his receptive attitude won from Jesus the commendation, "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God."

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