The interaction with Jesus that follows is tragic, as the young man was extremely moral, however, the one thing he lacked was a love for God produced by simple, childlike faith. Jesus had a similar interaction with a young lawyer in Matthew 22, as the lawyer asked Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” Jesus response was quick, gentle, and poignant, He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets” (Matt 22:37-40).