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After a few moments of informal conversation, Jesus stood up and said:

After a few moments of informal conversation, Jesus stood up and said:

*"When I enacted for you a parable indicating how you should be willing to serve one another, I said that I desired to give you a new commandment. I would do this now, as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment that directs that you love one another, that you love your neighbor even as yourself. But I am not wholly satisfied with even that sincere devotion on the part of my children. I would have you perform still greater acts of love in the kingdom of the believing brotherhood. And so I give you this new commandment: That you love one another even as I have loved you. And by this will all men know that you are my disciples if you thus love one another.  

*"When I enacted for you a parable indicating how you should be willing to serve one another, I said that I desired to give you a new commandment. I would do this now, as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment that directs that you love one another, that you love your neighbor even as yourself. But I am not wholly satisfied with even that sincere devotion on the part of my children. I would have you perform still greater acts of love in the kingdom of the believing brotherhood. And so I give you this new commandment: '''That you love one another even as I have loved you'''. And by this will all men know that you are my disciples if you thus love one another.  

*"When I give you this new commandment, I do not place any new burden upon your souls. Rather do I bring you new joy and make it possible for you to experience new pleasure in knowing the delights of the bestowal of your heart's affection upon your fellow men. I am about to experience the supreme joy, even though enduring outward sorrow, in the bestowal of my affection upon you and your fellow mortals.

*"When I give you this new commandment, I do not place any new burden upon your souls. Rather do I bring you new joy and make it possible for you to experience new pleasure in knowing the delights of the bestowal of your heart's affection upon your fellow men. I am about to experience the supreme joy, even though enduring outward sorrow, in the bestowal of my affection upon you and your fellow mortals.