"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." -- Matthew 22:37-40

This is one for memorizing.  In fact, this one little paragraph contains the essence of the Old Testament law in it.  In the Old Testament, there are 613 laws.   If you were a child in those days studying your Hebrew Scriptures, you would devote yourself to memorizing those 613 laws.  If you were to apprentice as a rabbi, you'd take on the "yoke" of your rabbi (his set of interpretations of the law), and set about preparing to teach them.  It was a life-long endeavor.  Jesus comes along, and makes it easy for all of us to be his students.  Most people when they read this, leave the last sentence out or skip over it, because they don't understand it.  This is Jesus' yoke:  one law in two parts.  Love God, love each other.  If you do this, you are doing the will of God and are being obedient.  All of the 613 laws are contained within.  Love God.  Love each other.   Simple, right?  While it's easy to remember, it still takes at least a lifetime to master.

Readings:  Exodus 17:8- 19:15; Matthew 22:34- 23:12; Psalm 27:7-14; Proverbs 6:27-35