As a last-ditch effort to discredit Jesus the religious leaders of the day asked a question that was so highly debated that most would have assumed there wasn't an answer. in the hopes of setting an achievable standard, the religious leaders attempted to grade the commands of God so they could keep what they credited as the "most important" Laws. It is only upon asking Jesus, which is the greatest command, that the core of the Law of God is revealed to be Love.