What does Matthew 22:34 mean?

Matthew 22:34 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 22:34 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

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