<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: Duplicated statements; confused grammar Please help improve this article if you can . (January 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . The specific problem is: Duplicated statements; confused grammar Please help improve this article if you can . (January 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Great Commandment (or Greatest Commandment) is a name used in the New Testament to describe the first of two commandments cited by Jesus in Matthew 22: 35--40 and Mark 12: 28--34 . These two commandments are paraphrases taken from the Old Testament and are commonly seen as important to Jewish and Christian ethics . </P> <P> In Mark, when asked "which is the great commandment in the law?", the Greek New Testament reports that Jesus answered, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God, The Lord is One; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind", before also referring to a second commandment, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself ." Most Christian denominations consider these two commandments the core of the Christian religion . </P>

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