25 Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. »Rabbi,« he asked, »what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?«

26 »Go to the Law,« said Jesus; »what is written there? how does it read?«

27 »Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'« he replied, »with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole strength, and thy whole mind; and thy fellow man as much as thyself.'«

28 »A right answer,« said Jesus; »do that, and you shall live.«