Bits of Torah Truths – Yeshua Encouraged Torah Observance – Episode 24
Luke 10:26–29
כו שָׁאַל יֵשׁוּעַ׃ ״מַה כָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה? מָה אַתָּה קוֹרֵא?״ כז הֵשִׁיב בַּעַל הַתּוֹרָה׃ ״וְאָהַבְתָּ אֶת יהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל–לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל–נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל–מְאֹדְךָ וּבְכָל שִׂכְלְךָ, (דברים ו׳ ה׳) וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ.״ (ויקרא יט׳ יח׳) כח אָמַר לוֹ יֵשׁוּעַ׃ ״יָפֶה עָנִיתָ, עֲשֵׂה זֹאת וְתִחְיֶה.״
Luke 10:26–28
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. (KJV)
We note the line of questions Yeshua asked. He encouraged Torah observance by elevating the weightier commandments. The weightiest are to love the Lord God our Father in heaven and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
