“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.
they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
“Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.