30 And you shall (A)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [a]This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: (B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (C)these.”

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  1. Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a](A) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](B) There is no commandment greater than these.”

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  1. Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
  2. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18

Now (A)the purpose of the commandment is love (B)from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from [a]sincere faith,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:5 Lit. unhypocritical

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(A) and a good conscience(B) and a sincere faith.(C)

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