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耶稣在回答“哪一条是最大的诫命”的提问时，（参太 22:36）引用了《申命记》六章5节的作答，经文说我们要“尽心、尽性、尽意，爱主你的神”。但祂没有停止在这里，祂又接着引用《利未记》十九章18节所说的：“要爱人如己”，并且说这第二条诫命也和第一条相仿。祂这样说究竟是什么意思呢？

耶稣知道，作为一个人，我们是不可能在与人隔离的状态中去爱神的。我们不可能爱神但又同时鄙视按神形像被造的人。事实上，爱神所爱的其他人，或许最能清楚地表明我们对神的爱。

我们怎样才能好好地去爱人呢？就是藉着不断来到神面前祈求，并在祂的话语中学习实践。我们在圣经中看到神的性情的描述，在圣灵的引领下，我们可以透过我们自己的说话和行动，来表达我们所学到的关于神的爱的功课。

耶稣再次解释说，在敬拜神和寻求祂的旨意时，我们若想起与某人的关系破碎了，我们应该力求饶恕或尝试与那人和好。这样，我们才能在最理想的状态下，尽心、尽意和尽力地去爱神。

When Jesus was asked, "Which is the greatest commandment . . . ?" he quoted Deuteronomy 6:5, saying we should love the Lord with all our heart, soul, and mind. And he didn't stop there. He also quoted from Leviticus 19:18: "Love your neighbor as yourself," saying that this second commandment is like the first. What did he mean by this?

Jesus knew that we humans cannot love God in an isolated relationship. We cannot love God and despise people created in God's image. In fact, perhaps the clearest way that we can show our love for God is to love other human beings, whom he loves.

And how do we love people well? By coming again and again to God in prayer and in learning from his Word. In the Bible we discover God's character, and, guided by the Holy Spirit, we can show by our words and actions what we have learned about God's love.

Jesus also explained that if we are worshiping God and seeking to do his will, and we remember there is something broken in our relationship with another person, we should try to find forgiveness or reconciliation with that person. Then we will be in the right space for loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind.