E os fariseus, ouvindo que ele fizera emudecer os saduceus, reuniram-se no mesmo lugar; e um deles, doutor da lei, interrogou-o para o experimentar, dizendo: Mestre, qual é o grande mandamento na lei? E Jesus disse-lhe: Amarás o Senhor, teu Deus, de todo o teu coração e de toda a tua alma, e de todo o teu pensamento. Este é o primeiro e grande mandamento. E o segundo, semelhante a este, é: Amarás o teu próximo como a ti mesmo. Destes dois mandamentos depende toda a lei e os profetas.
"(...) My daughter, she has no use for night runners. You know, her first language is not Luo. Not even Swahili. It is english. When I listen to her talk with her friends, it sounds like gibberish to me. They take bits and pieces of everything - English, Swahili, German, Luo. Sometimes, I get fed up with this. Learn to speak one language properly, I tell them." Rukia laughed to herself. "But I am beggining to resign myself - there's nothing really to do. They live in a mixed-up world. It's just as well, I suppose. In the end, I'm less interested in a daughter who's authentically African than one who is authentically herself." It was getting late; we thanked Rukia for her hospitality and went on our way. But her words would stay with me, bringing into focus my own lingering questions.
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