“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

This is the first and greatest commandment.

But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.