Did Jesus give us an Eleventh Commandment?

[Leaf473]

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.

ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου. αὕτη πρώτη ἐντολή
Bible Gateway passage: ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12 - SBL Greek New Testament

That would be an additional commandment imo. Jesus says it's first, πρώτη, so it would be separate, again imo.

The Peace of the Lord be with you all!

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, then I believe that would make 13. United in rejoicing in the Lord always!

Brother, these previous requirements mentioned by James, in addition to the Ten Commandments, are not part of the Ten Commandments or they would have been counted with the Ten Commandments. They show that there are more requirements to inherit eternal life than the Ten Commandments, but they are not part of the Ten Commandments to change the number of the commandments until Jesus added the new Eleventh Commandment, bringing the total to Eleven Commandments.

When they had finished, James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written: ‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, so that the rest of humanity might seek the LORD, including the Gentiles—all those I have called to be mine. The LORD has spoken—he who made these things known so long ago.’ “And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.” (Acts 15:13-21 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[guevaraj]

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου. αὕτη πρώτη ἐντολή Bible Gateway passage: ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12 - SBL Greek New Testament That would be an additional commandment imo. Jesus says it's first, πρώτη, so it would be separate, again imo. The Peace of the Lord be with you all!

Brother, the two greatest commandments summarize "all the demands of the prophets" and not just the minimum Ten Commandments. This scope mentioned in the following passage means the two greatest commandments can not be among the minimum Ten Commandments. The reason they are not counted among the commandments is because they are the goal but not how to get to the goal, like the current minimum Eleven Commandments.

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, these previous requirements mentioned by James, in addition to the Ten Commandments, are not part of the Ten Commandments or they would have been counted with the Ten Commandments. They show that there are more requirements to inherit eternal life than the Ten Commandments, but they are not part of the Ten Commandments to change the number of the commandments until Jesus added the new Eleventh Commandment, bringing the total to Eleven Commandments.

When they had finished, James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written: ‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, so that the rest of humanity might seek the LORD, including the Gentiles—all those I have called to be mine. The LORD has spoken—he who made these things known so long ago.’ “And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.” (Acts 15:13-21 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, true that they are not part of the 10. But some of them are commandments. So there are more than 10 commandments in the New Covenant, and more than 11.

United in searching the scriptures!

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, the two greatest commandments summarize "all the demands of the prophets" and not just the minimum Ten Commandments. This scope mentioned in the following passage means the two greatest commandments can not be among the minimum Ten Commandments. The reason they are not counted among the commandments is because they are the goal but not how to get to the goal, like the current minimum Eleven Commandments.

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, if there not counted among the 10 commandments, then they are additional commandments. If they are the first and second greatest commandment, then I don't think they would not be part of the minimum.

United in searching the scriptures!

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, if there not counted among the 10 commandments, then they are additional commandments.

Brother, they are not counted among the commandments because they give the goal of love, but don't actually tell you how to get to the goal of love, like the current Eleven Commandments tell us how and now, with Jesus, show us how to love. We humans want God to assume we know how to love, to simplify all of God's laws to the two greatest commandments, but God has not made that assumption and actually tells us how to love in the current minimum Eleven Commandments.

If they are the first and second greatest commandment, then I don't think they would not be part of the minimum. United in searching the scriptures!

They are part of the minimum in telling us the goal of love for the minimum Eleven Commandments, but not actually how to get to the goal of love, like the current minimum Eleven Commandments. Jesus does not mention the two greatest commandments in the following passage because they do not tell you how to love like the current Eleven Commandments tell us how and now, with Jesus, show us how to love.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, they are not counted among the commandments because they give the goal of love, but don't actually tell you how to get to the goal of love, like the current Eleven Commandments tell us how and now, with Jesus, show us how to love. We humans want God to assume we know how to love, to simplify all of God's laws to the two greatest commandments, but God has not made that assumption and actually tells us how to love in the current minimum Eleven Commandments.

They are part of the minimum in telling us the goal of love for the minimum Eleven Commandments, but not actually how to get to the goal of love, like the current minimum Eleven Commandments. Jesus does not mention the two greatest commandments in the following passage because they do not tell you how to love like the current Eleven Commandments tell us how and now, with Jesus, show us how to love.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, so the greatest commandment is one of the minimum, but not one of the 11. It sounds like there are more than 11 minimum commandments, then.

United in searching the scriptures!

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, so the greatest commandment is one of the minimum, but not one of the 11. It sounds like there are more than 11 minimum commandments, then. United in searching the scriptures!

Brother, the minimum Eleven Commandments are under the umbrella of the goal of the two greatest commandments, but the two greatest commandments do not tell us how to love and it is the current minimum Eleven Commandments that really tell us how to love. We humans assume that we know how to love, to simplify all of God's laws to the two greatest commandments, but God doesn't make that assumption and actually tells us how to love in the current minimum Eleven Commandments, where we are no longer just told how to love, in the previous Ten Commandments, but Jesus really shows us how to love in the new Eleventh Commandment.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, the minimum Eleven Commandments are under the umbrella of the goal of the two greatest commandments, but the two greatest commandments do not tell us how to love and it is the current minimum Eleven Commandments that really tell us how to love. We humans assume that we know how to love, to simplify all of God's laws to the two greatest commandments, but God doesn't make that assumption and actually tells us how to love in the current minimum Eleven Commandments, where we are no longer just told how to love, in the previous Ten Commandments, but Jesus really shows us how to love in the new Eleventh Commandment.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, if the greatest commandment is one of the minimum commandments,
and if it is not one of the 10 or the second greatest commandment,
then there are at least 12 commandments in the New Covenant.

The Ten commandments teach us how to love, yes. And we get more information from the entire book of Exodus, indeed, the entire law of Moses. Really, the entire Bible. The entire Bible plus the Holy Spirit dwelling within us all teach us how to love.

United in the bond of the Holy Spirit!

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, if the greatest commandment is one of the minimum commandments, and if it is not one of the 10 or the second greatest commandment, then there are at least 12 commandments in the New Covenant.

Brother, happy Sabbath! That is not how Jesus sees it and the Holy Spirit expresses it through inspiration in the following passage and in its other equally inspired versions. The reason the two greatest commandments are not among the previous Ten Commandments, unless they are a stand-in for missing commandments as in the other versions of the passage, is because they do not actually tell us how to reach the goal of love, like the previous minimum Ten Commandments in the covenant before Jesus and God does not assume we know how to love. The two greatest commandments only express the goal of love and not how to actually get to the goal of love, as the current Eleven Commandments after Jesus, with the new Eleventh Commandment not being possible before Jesus, to "follow" His example on how to love.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[John Caldwell]

I understand Christ's command as fulfilling the entire Law.

Consider Luke 10:25–27 And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?”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 neighbor as yourself.”

When asked which is the greatest of the Commandments Jesus did not answer with one of the "Ten". The idea of "the Ten Commandments" divorced from the Law (all of the Commandments)seems to have been foreign to Jewish thought.

Here was Jesus' answer:

Matthew 22:35–40 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ “This is the great and foremost commandment.“The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

Just as all commandments depend on these two "greatest" commandments so are these two fulfilled in loving as Christ loved.

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, happy Sabbath! That is not how Jesus sees it and the Holy Spirit expresses it through inspiration in the following passage and in its other equally inspired versions. The reason the two greatest commandments are not among the previous Ten Commandments, unless they are a stand-in for missing commandments as in the other versions of the passage, is because they do not actually tell us how to reach the goal of love, like the previous minimum Ten Commandments in the covenant before Jesus and God does not assume we know how to love. The two greatest commandments only express the goal of love and not how to actually get to the goal of love, as the current Eleven Commandments after Jesus, with the new Eleventh Commandment not being possible before Jesus, to "follow" His example on how to love.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, happy Sabbath! Are you honestly understanding this passage to mean that Jesus is telling the man that he only has to keep five commandments, and he will inherit eternal life? He can withhold his tithe, and that's okay?

United in exploring the Scriptures!

 

[guevaraj]

The idea of "the Ten Commandments" divorced from the Law (all of the Commandments)seems to have been foreign to Jewish thought.

Brother, happy Sabbath! James was Jewish. The separation of the Eleven Commandments of Jesus from the rest of the Law of Moses was not foreign to James in the following passage, where he can also separate some earlier requirements in addition to the Eleven Commandments of Jesus from the rest of the Law of Moses in Jesus' answer to the question "what should I do to inherit eternal life?"

When they had finished, James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written: ‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, so that the rest of humanity might seek the LORD, including the Gentiles—all those I have called to be mine. The LORD has spoken—he who made these things known so long ago.’ “And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.” (Acts 15:13-21 NLT)​

Since the Gentiles did not know God at all, they were told what came before in the above passage in addition to the Eleven Commandments of Jesus in the following passage, assuming that they would slowly grow in obedience to the rest of the Law of Moses in the above passage as they hear the Law of Moses every Sabbath.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, happy Sabbath! Are you honestly understanding this passage to mean that Jesus is telling the man that he only has to keep five commandments, and he will inherit eternal life? He can withhold his tithe, and that's okay? United in exploring the Scriptures!

Brother, the tithe stands on its own. If you do not tithe, you are stealing from God and if you do tithe, He blesses you in many ways as stated in the following passage. Since stealing is addressed in the Ten Commandments, it falls within the minimum requirements before Jesus and more certainly after Jesus.

“I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed. Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’ “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. (Malachi 3:6-12 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[John Caldwell]

Brother, happy Sabbath! James was Jewish. The separation of the Eleven Commandments of Jesus from the rest of the Law of Moses was not foreign to James in the following passage, where he can also separate some earlier requirements in addition to the Eleven Commandments of Jesus from the rest of the Law of Moses in Jesus' answer to the question "what should I do to inherit eternal life?"

When they had finished, James stood and said, “Brothers, listen to me. Peter has told you about the time God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for himself. And this conversion of Gentiles is exactly what the prophets predicted. As it is written: ‘Afterward I will return and restore the fallen house of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, so that the rest of humanity might seek the LORD, including the Gentiles—all those I have called to be mine. The LORD has spoken—he who made these things known so long ago.’ “And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood. For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.” (Acts 15:13-21 NLT)​

Since the Gentiles did not know God at all, they were told what came before in the above passage in addition to the Eleven Commandments of Jesus in the following passage, assuming that they would slowly grow in obedience to the rest of the Law of Moses in the above passage as they hear the Law of Moses every Sabbath.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Happy Sabbath to you as well.

What I am saying is that I do not believe Jesus meant his "new commandment" as an 11th Commanment. The reason is Jesus had already mentioned two commandments as the greatest, and these are not in the "Ten Commandments".

I agree that James was aware of the Law, and that there are prescribed moral laws within the Law.

What I am saying is that the Law is more than just the Ten Commandments. Refraining from eating the meat of strangled animals was a commmandment under the Law. So was not eating blood. So was abstaining from sexual immorality (other than adultery).

So just by the Commandments we've mentioned, Jesus' "new commandment" would be at least a 16th Commandment.

But I view it as encompassing all Commandments. If you love as He loved then there would be nothing left unfulfilled.

 

[Leaf473]

Brother, the tithe stands on its own. If you do not tithe, you are stealing from God and if you do tithe, He blesses you in many ways as stated in the following passage. Since stealing is addressed in the Ten Commandments, it falls within the minimum requirements before Jesus and more certainly after Jesus.

“I am the LORD, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed. Ever since the days of your ancestors, you have scorned my decrees and failed to obey them. Now return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return when we have never gone away?’ “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me! “But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’ “You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. (Malachi 3:6-12 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

Brother, happy Sabbath! Are you saying that if the man had given his tithe but not said this, he would still have inherited eternal life?
Deuteronomy 26
You shall say before they Lord your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them.

United in talking about the law as we go by the way!

 

[guevaraj]

What I am saying is that I do not believe Jesus meant his "new commandment" as an 11th Commanment. The reason is Jesus had already mentioned two commandments as the greatest, and these are not in the "Ten Commandments".

Brother, the way Jesus views the two greatest commandments is expressed in the following two equivalently inspired passages, where the Holy Spirit refers to the Ten Commandments by using the second greatest commandment as a stand-in for the missing commandment of the last six of the Ten Commandments. A stand-in because God does not assume we know how to fulfil the goal of love in the two greatest commandments, so He gave us Ten Commandments to minimally show the goal of love in the two greatest commandments.

Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?” Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Matthew 19:16-21 NLT)​

The second greatest commandment above is a stand-in for the Tenth Commandment below of the Holy Spirit's summary of the Ten Commandments using the last six commandments as the minimum expression of the second greatest commandment, where the first four are the minimum expression of the first greatest commandment.

As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.’” “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Mark 10:17-21 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

 

[John Caldwell]

Brother, the way Jesus views the two greatest commandments is expressed in the following two equivalently inspired passages, where the Holy Spirit refers to the Ten Commandments by using the second greatest commandment as a stand-in for the missing commandment of the last six of the Ten Commandments. A stand-in because God does not assume we know how to fulfil the goal of love in the two greatest commandments, so He gave us Ten Commandments to minimally show the goal of love in the two greatest commandments.

Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “I’ve obeyed all these commandments,” the young man replied. “What else must I do?” Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Matthew 19:16-21 NLT)​

The second greatest commandment above is a stand-in for the Tenth Commandment below of the Holy Spirit's summary of the Ten Commandments using the last six commandments as the minimum expression of the second greatest commandment, where the first four are the minimum expression of the first greatest commandment.

As Jesus was starting out on his way to Jerusalem, a man came running up to him, knelt down, and asked, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.’” “Teacher,” the man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Mark 10:17-21 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge

I agree that man did not know how to fulfill those two "greatest" commandments. If they did then there would be no need for any other commandment.

But we should not ignore that those "greatest commandments" were commandments given under the Law.

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Leviticus 19:18 ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

My argument is that just as all of the moral commandments are fulfilled in the two "Greatest", so also are the two "Greatest" fulfilled when we love as Christ loved.

 

[Leaf473]

....shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way...

Amen, and that's what we're doing here, I believe.

 

[guevaraj]

Brother, happy Sabbath! Are you saying that if the man had given his tithe but not said this, he would still have inherited eternal life? Deuteronomy 26 You shall say before they Lord your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. United in talking about the law as we go by the way!

Brother, happy Sabbath! Yes, Judaism even sabotaged the minimum Ten Commandments with the "human effort" of their human traditions.

“Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.” Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God? For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’ In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote, ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.’” (Matthew 15:2-9 NLT)​

Jesus expects more of us now that we have the exemplary life of Jesus to "follow" in the Eleventh Commandment that was not possible before Jesus, plus God's law set in stone free from Judaism's sabotaging "human effort" for us to surpass their righteousness. The following passage shows that some do less and others do more.

“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved. So if you ignore the least commandment (entolé) and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven! (Matthew 5:17-20 NLT)​

The same unique word below for the Eleven Commandments is used above for the least commandment.

Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: “Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good. But to answer your question, you know the commandments (entolé): ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’” The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Luke 18:18-22 NLT)​

United in our hope for the soon return of Jesus, Jorge