31. Surely you have read what God said to you about people rising from death.
32. God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people.”
33. When the people heard this, they were amazed at Jesus’ teaching.
34. The Pharisees learned that Jesus had made the Sadducees look so foolish that they stopped trying to argue with him. So the Pharisees had a meeting.
35. Then one of them, an expert in the Law of Moses, asked Jesus a question to test him.
36. He said, “Teacher, which command in the law is the most important?”
37. Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
38. This is the first and most important command.
39. And the second command is like the first: ‘Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.’