²⁴ The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.

²⁶ “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?”

²⁷ He answered, “Love the Lord your God^(A) with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,”^(B) and “your neighbor as yourself.”^[a](C)

²⁸ “You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.”^(D)

¹⁰ and I died. The commandment that was meant for life^(A) resulted in death for me.

⁵ since Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.^[a](A)

¹² But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.^[a](A)