Living the Shema - Part 3
Love your neighbour as yourself

You shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am Yahweh. (Leviticus 19:18)

The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:31)

For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself. (Galatians 5:14)

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself," you are doing well. (James 2:8)

For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Romans 13:9)

And Jesus said, "You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, and you shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Matthew 19:18-19)

"You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am Yahweh." (Leviticus 19:18)

"You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Yahweh your God." (Leviticus 19:38)

"I am Yahweh your God."
(Leviticus 19:2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37)

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbour?" (Luke 10:25-29)

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise." (Luke 10:30-37)

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. (Luke 10:31)

Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. (Numbers 19:11)

So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. (Luke 10:32)

Do not say to your neighbour, "Go, and come again, ​​​​​​​ tomorrow I will give it" when you have it with you. (Proverbs 3:28)

He left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. (John 4:3-5)

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' (Luke 10:34-35)

Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed him mercy." (Luke 10:36-37)

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. (Matthew 5:7)

God, be merciful to me, a sinner! (Luke 18:13)

​​​​Have mercy on me, O God, ​​​​​​​according to your steadfast love; ​​​​​​​according to your abundant mercy ​​​​​​​blot out my transgressions. ​​​ (Psalm 51:1)

You shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am Yahweh.(Leviticus 19:18)

You shall love your neighbour as yourself. (Matthew 19:19)

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. (Matthew 22:39)

The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:31)

And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself." (Luke 10:27)

For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Romans 13:9)

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." (Galatians 5:14)

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself," you are doing well. (James 2:8)

​​​​But Yahweh's portion is his people, ​​​​​​​Jacob his allotted heritage. ​​​​​​​​​​​"He found him in a desert land, ​​​​​​​ and in the howling waste of the wilderness; ​​​​​​​he encircled him, he cared for him, ​​​​​​​he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:9-10)

For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple of his eye. (Zechariah 2:8)

​​​​​Keep me as the apple of your eye; ​​​​​​​hide me in the shadow of your wings. (Psalm 17:8)

​​​​​​​​In all their affliction he was afflicted. (Isaiah 63:9)

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1)

Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:3)

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armour, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. (1 Samuel 18:4)

And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. (1 Samuel 20:17)

But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. (1 Samuel 20:3)

Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. (1 Samuel 20:42)