Deuteronomy 6:1-9

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The Greatest Commandment

6 “Now this is ^(A)the commandment—the statutes and the rules^[a]—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, ²that ^(B)you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and ^(C)that your days may be long. ³Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, ^(D)as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁴“Hear, O Israel: ^(E)The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[b] ⁵You ^(F)shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. ⁶And ^(G)these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. ⁷^(H)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ⁸^(I)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ⁹^(J)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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Deuteronomy 6:1 Or just decrees; also verse 20
Deuteronomy 6:4 Or The Lord our God is one Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone

Psalm 119:1-16

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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph

119 ^[a] Blessed are those whose ^(A)way is blameless,
    who ^(B)walk in the law of the Lord!
²Blessed are those who ^(C)keep his ^(D)testimonies,
    who ^(E)seek him with their whole heart,
³who also ^(F)do no wrong,
    but walk in his ways!
⁴You have commanded your ^(G)precepts
    to be kept diligently.
⁵Oh that my ways may ^(H)be steadfast
    in keeping your statutes!
⁶^(I)Then I shall not be put to shame,
    having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
⁷I will praise you with an upright heart,
    when I learn ^(J)your righteous rules.^[b]
⁸I will keep your statutes;
    ^(K)do not utterly forsake me!

Beth

⁹How can ^(L)a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.
¹⁰^(M)With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not ^(N)wander from your commandments!
¹¹I have ^(O)stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.
¹²Blessed are you, O Lord;
    ^(P)teach me your statutes!
¹³With my lips I ^(Q)declare
    all the rules^[c] of your mouth.
¹⁴In the way of your testimonies I ^(R)delight
    as much as in all ^(S)riches.
¹⁵I will ^(T)meditate on your precepts
    and fix my eyes on your ^(U)ways.
¹⁶I will ^(V)delight in your statutes;
    I will not forget your word.

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Psalm 119:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem of twenty-two stanzas, following the letters of the Hebrew alphabet; within a stanza, each verse begins with the same Hebrew letter
Psalm 119:7 Or your just and righteous decrees; also verses 62, 106, 160, 164
Psalm 119:13 Or all the just decrees

Hebrews 7:23-28

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²³The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, ²⁴but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues ^(A)forever. ²⁵Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost^[a] ^(B)those who draw near to God ^(C)through him, since he always lives ^(D)to make intercession for them.

²⁶For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, ^(E)holy, innocent, unstained, ^(F)separated from sinners, and ^(G)exalted above the heavens. ²⁷He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, ^(H)first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this ^(I)once for all when he offered up himself. ²⁸For the law appoints men ^(J)in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made ^(K)perfect forever.

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Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times

Mark 12:28-34

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The Great Commandment

²⁸^(A)And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” ²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^(B)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^(C)the Lord is one. ³⁰And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹^(D)The second is this: ^(E)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^(F)greater than these.” ³²And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^(G)he is one, and ^(H)there is no other besides him. ³³And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(I)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(J)is much more than all ^(K)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^(L)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.