Catechism for Young Children · Question 76 of 145
What is the sum of the ten commandments?
A.To love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself.
What does this answer mean?
The ten commandments are summed up in two: love God with all my heart, and my neighbor as myself. Jesus gave this summary himself. A young child can hold the whole law in one sentence, then learn the ten as the details of that love.
What can we ask our children?
- What is the sum of the ten commandments?
- Who should we love most of all?
- How can you love your neighbor as yourself today?
Can I print this question?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.