28And one of the scribes came near. He had heard them debating and had seen that he answered them well, so he questioned him: What is the first commandment of all?29Jesus answered that the first is: Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.31The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.32And the scribe said to him: Well said, teacher; you have spoken the truth, that God is one and there is no other besides him.33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is far more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.34And Jesus, having seen that he answered wisely, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to question him any more.