"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." -- Mark 12:29-31

This is the verse that Jesus' whole teaching rests on.  You cannot comprehend the New Testament without it.  You cannot understand what the Good News is without it.  To love God and neighbor comprises Jesus' "yoke"-- the rabbi's set of interpretations of the Law.  It is one law in two parts: love God; love each other.  Unlike the yokes of other rabbis, which entail legal expertise on 613 laws found in the Old Testament, this yoke is "easy" and this "burden is light" (see Matt. 11:28).   Easy?  Track your days and see how well you follow this two-part law.  It takes a great deal of work and practice.  Master these, and all the others take care of themselves.

Readings:  Numbers 4:1-5:31; Mark 12:18-37; Psalm 48:1-14; Proverbs 10:26