But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Master, which is the great commandments in the law?

Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and prophets."

Gospel of Matthew 22:34

Founding Where: Judea (later called Palestine, Israel). When: 30 C.E. By Whom: Jesus of Nazareth. Also Known As: Christ, Emmanuel. Important Texts: the Bible, containing the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible), the Gospels, and letters from Christ's Apostles.

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