Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is none other commandment greater than these. It is said that when the story of West India slavery was told to the Moravians, and it was told that it was impossible to reach the slave population because they were so separated from the ruling classes, two Moravian missionaries offered themselves, and said: "We will go and be slaves on the plantations, and work and toil, if need be, under the lash, to get right beside the poor slaves and instruct them." And they left their homes, went to the West Indies, went to work on the plantations as slaves, and by the side of slaves, to get close to the hearts of slaves; and the slaves heard them, and their hearts were touched, because they had humbled themselves to their condition. (Bishop Simpson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. |
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