Luke 10:26 (WEB)
He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
Catechism · 2
You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
“…all your mind, and with all your strength.' the second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."” — Catechism footnote: Mk 12:29-31; cf. Deut 6:4-5; Lev 19:18; Mt 22:34-40; Lk 10:25-28.
The Seven Petitions
“His commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 13:34; cf. 1 Jn 3; 4; Lk 10:25-37.
Fathers and councils · 15
Tertullian
“…when given through Moses; that is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart and out of thy whole soul; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; False witness thou shalt not utter; Honour thy father and mother; and, That which is…” — editor's note: Deut. vi. 4, 5; Lev. xix. 18; comp. Matt. xxii. 34–40; Mark xii. 28–34; Luke x. 25–28; and for the rest, Ex. xx. 12–17; Deut. v. 16–21; Rom. xiii. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter LXII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between Matthew and Mark in the Accounts Which They Offer of the Time When He Was Asked Whether It Was Lawful to Put Away One’s Wife, and Especially in Regard to the Specific…
Read the whole comment“Luke, on the other hand, not indeed in this order, but in a widely different connection, introduces something which resembles this.” — editor's note: Luke x. 25–37.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord had told His disciples above that their names were written in Heaven; from this it seems to me the lawyer took occasion of tempting our Lord, as it is said, And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
For there were in fact certain men who then went about the whole country of the Jews bringing charges against Christ, and saying that He spoke of the commands of Moses as useless, and Himself introduced certain…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
For he was one of those who think themselves skilled in the law, and who keep the letter of the law, while they know nothing of its spirit. From a part of the law itself our Lord proves them to be ignorant of the…
Read the whole comment - Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
By saying, with all thy mind, he does not admit of any division of love to other things, for whatever love you cast on lower things necessarily takes away from the whole. For as a vessel full of liquid, whatever…
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
the soul is divided into three faculties; one merely of growth and vegetation, such as is found in plants; another which relates to the senses, which is preserved in the nature of irrational animals; but the perfect…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
We must hereby understand that it becomes us to submit every power of the soul to the divine love, and that resolutely, not slackly. Hence it is added, And with all thy strength.
Read the whole comment - Maximus the ConfessorCatena Aurea on Luke
To this end then the law commanded a threefold love to God, that it might pluck us away from the threefold fashion of the world, as touching possessions, glory, and pleasure, wherein also Christ was tempted.
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But if any one ask how the love of God is to be obtained, we are sure that the love of God cannot be taught. For neither did we learn to rejoice in the presence of light, or to embrace life, or to love our parents…
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Yet observe how, almost to the same extent of obedience he requires the performance of each command, For of God he says, with all thy heart. Of our neighbour, as thyself. Which if it were diligently kept, there would…
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But since it is said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, how is he merciful in taking compassion upon another, who still, by unrighteous living, is unmerciful to himself?
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When the lawyer had answered the things contained in the law, Christ, to whom all things were known, cuts to pieces his crafty nets. For it follows, And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou…
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From these words it is undoubtingly gathered, that the life which is preached according to God the Creator of the world, and the Scriptures given by Him, is life everlasting. For the Lord Himself bears testimony to…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Origen on Luke 10:25–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Luke 10:25–28 (Catena Aurea).