From ‘Thou Shalt’ to ‘Once Upon a Time’
In Luke 10:25–37, a lawyer approaches Jesus with a question: “Teacher … what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answers his interrogator with a question of his own: “What is written in the Law? … How do you read it?” The lawyer answers by restating the twin commandments to
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