Now, it had been agreed upon, that after the Sadducees had asked their question and been answered, I should stand forth and test this man Jesus on behalf of the Pharisees. Now, one of our Sages hath said, “Be as careful of a little precept as of a great one;” whereas our great master Hillel had, as I have told thee, summed up the whole Law in one precept, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Therefore, we of the Pharisees wished to know whether this Jesus agreed with the one sage or the other; so I spake unto him and said, “Rabbi, which is the first commandment, by doing which I shall inherit the life everlasting?” But at first he answered me not directly, but said, “How readest thou?” Then I remembered me the words of the “Catechism of the Two Ways,” and answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself: whatsoever thou wouldest not for thyself, do not to another.” And he said unto me, “Thou hast answered right; and the first of the commandments is the _Shema_: ‘Hear, O Israel; the Lord thy God is one God.’ And the second is like, namely this: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’ There is none other commandment greater than these. This do, and thou shalt live.” Then I was rejoiced, and said unto him, “Well, Rabbi, thou hast said the truth: there is one God, and there is none other but him; and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as one’s self, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Then Jesus became gracious unto me, and said, “Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.”