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Gospel love commandments have two linked directions
Історичний біблійний фрагмент як контекст текстової традиції; не заявлений автограф Матвія 22 / Historical Bible fragment as textual-tradition context; not a claimed autograph of Matthew 22. Credit: anonymous; CC0. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manuscript_Illumination_with_Initial_V%2C_from_a_Bible_MET_DP102859.jpg
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In Matthew 22, Jesus identifies love of God as the first great commandment and love of neighbor as a second like it. Mark 12 likewise links these two directions. Calling neighbor-love the single highest commandment therefore simplifies the cited text. This is an important Christian ethical teaching with Jewish scriptural roots.
