Is more than all whole burnt offerings...—There is a fervor in the eloquence of the scribe’s answer which indicates the e…

He had so decisively routed all his questioners that no other man had the audacity to court defeat at his hands. The infallible wisdom of Christ ha…

Glossa Ordinaria: After the Lord refuted the Pharisees and the Sadducees who tested Him, this passage shows how He satisfied t…

Mark records the favorable response of the teacher of the law. In repeating the commandment he omitted the divine name “the Lord” in keeping with t…

Is better than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices. But it appears incongruous that sacrifices, which are a part of divine worship…

And to love him with all the heart
That is, the one God, with a sincere hearty love and affection;