21 God is not God of dead men’s bones, but of the living man.
22 I tell you, men, man goes down to the grave, but he will rise again and manifest the life;
23 For every life is hid with Christ in God, and man shall live while God shall live.
24 The Pharisees and scribes who heard the Lord, exclaimed, He speaks the truth; and they were glad to have the Sadducees discomfited.
25 And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus, Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,
26 Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?
27 And Jesus said, The first is: Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;
28 And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
29 These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.
30 The scribe replied, My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfills the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.