Gospel Note
Neither the singling out of a commandment nor the juxtaposing of the love of God and love of neighbor was new to rabbinic teaching in Jesus' day, though Jesus' connection between the two may have been a bit more radical than usual. What is important here is Jesus' assertion that the scribe's knowing the importance of these two had brought him to the very threshold of God's Kingdom. Presumably, the doing of them (through grace) would have brought him into it.

Liturgical Color
Green

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