Catechism number 2052

"Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" To the young man who asked this question,

Jesus answers first by invoking the necessity to recognize God as the "One there is who is good," as the

supreme Good and the source of all good. Then Jesus tells him: "If you would enter life, keep the

commandments." and he cites for his questioner the precepts that concern love of neighbor: "You shall not

kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father

and mother." Finally Jesus sums up these commandments positively: "You shall love your neighbor as