28 Then one of the religious teachers who had heard their question and Yeshua’s excellent answer, came closer and asked, “Which of the commandments is the most important?”

29 [ref]Yeshua answered, “Well, the most important is this: ‘Listen, Israel. There’s only one God who is our master. 30 You must love God your master with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 [ref]And the second is: ‘Love your neighbour like you look after yourself.’ There’s no other commandments more important than these.”

32 [ref]The teacher replied to Yeshua, “Yes, teacher, you’re quite right saying there’s only one God and no other, 33 [ref]and saying that we should love him with all our heart and all our intelligence and all our strength, and to be loving our neighbours like we look after ourselves, and all this is more important than all the required temple offerings and sacrifices.”

34 [ref]When Yeshua saw that he had given such a thoughtful answer, he said, “You are very close to the kingdom of God!”

After that, no one else dared to ask Yeshua any more questions.