What does Luke 10:27 mean?

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.
Luke 10:27, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Luke 10:25-29

  1. 25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  2. 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
  3. 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.
  4. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
  5. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

10:27 You must love the Lord your God: Jesus identified Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18 as the two greatest commandments (Mark 12:28-34). Deuteronomy 6:5 is part of the prayer known as the Shema, which every Jew was to repeat daily.

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About the book of Luke

Author
anonymous; tradition credits Luke, physician and companion of Paul (Luke 1:3)
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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