Some of the teachers of the law replied,“ You have spoken well, teacher!”

有几个文士说：“夫子！你说得好。”

有几个文士说：“老师，你说得好。”

有几个文士说：“老师，你说得好。”

几位律法教师说：“老师答得好！”

经学家中有几个说：“老师，你说得好。”

有一些经文士应声说：“老师，你说得好。”

有幾個文士說：「夫子！你說得好。」

有幾個文士說：「老師，你說得好。」

有幾個文士說：「老師，你說得好。」

幾位律法教師說：「老師答得好！」

經學家中有幾個說：“老師，你說得好。”

有幾個經學士應時就說：『先生，你說得好。』

有一些經文士應聲說：「老師，你說得好。」

有士子數人曰、夫子所言善矣、

士子數人曰、先生之言善也、

有經士數人曰、師之言是也、

有經生應曰：『夫子、旨哉爾言。』

Some of the teachers of the law responded,“ Well said, teacher!”

Then some of the scribes answered,“ Teacher, you have spoken well.”

“ Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.

Some of the scribes answered,“ Teacher, you have spoken well.”

Some of the scribes answered and said,“ Teacher, You have spoken well.”

Then some of the scribes answered and said,“ Teacher, You have spoken well.”

And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

Some of the scribes answered,“ Teacher, You have spoken well.”

Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

Then some of the experts in the law answered,“ Teacher, you have spoken well!”

Some of the scribes answered,“ Teacher, you speak well.”

People were causing trouble and making a lot of noise. Some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up. They argued strongly.“ We find nothing wrong with this man,” they said.“ What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

One of the teachers of the law came and heard the Sadducees arguing. He noticed that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer. So he asked him,“ Which is the most important of all the commandments?”Jesus answered,“ Here is the most important one. Moses said,‘ Israel, listen to me. The Lord is our God. The Lord is one.Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind and with all your strength.’( Deuteronomy 6:4, 5)And here is the second one.‘ Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’( Leviticus 19:18) There is no commandment more important than these.”“ You have spoken well, teacher,” the man replied.“ You are right in saying that God is one. There is no other God but him.To love God with all your heart and mind and strength is very important. So is loving your neighbor as you love yourself. These things are more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely. He said to him,“ You are not far from God’s kingdom.” From then on, no one dared to ask Jesus any more questions.

The Pharisees heard that the Sadducees weren’t able to answer Jesus. So the Pharisees got together.One of them was an authority on the law. So he tested Jesus with a question.“ Teacher,” he asked,“ which is the most important commandment in the Law?”Jesus replied,“‘ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind.’( Deuteronomy 6:5)This is the first and most important commandment.And the second is like it.‘ Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’( Leviticus 19:18)Everything that is written in the Law and the Prophets is based on these two commandments.”