Jesus knew, better than the disciples did themselves, how much they were going to need God's help.
Jesus ran into a great many trying people in the next few months. One day there was a lawyer who thought that he knew more than Jesus did. He wanted an argument which would give him a chance to show how much he knew, so he came and asked Jesus,
"What should I do to have eternal life?"
Jesus answered, "What does it say in the Law?"
The lawyer replied, "It says, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.'"
Jesus said: "That is right. Those are the things you ought to do."
It sounded to the lawyer as though Jesus were saying, "If you knew all along, why did you need to ask me in the first place?" The lawyer thought that he would get the better of Jesus, so he replied,
"Well, just who is the neighbor that I am supposed to love?"
