²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken and you are deceiving yourselves!”

²⁸ Then one of the scribes [an expert in Mosaic Law] came up and listened to them arguing [with one another], and noticing that Jesus answered them well, asked Him, “Which commandment is first and most important of all?”^{(A) 29} Jesus answered, “The first and most important one is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;