Mark 12:29-34
King James Version
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
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Mark 12:29-34
New King James Version
29 Jesus answered him, “The [a]first of all the commandments is: (A)‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall (B)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [b]This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: (C)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (D)these.”
32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, (E)and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, [c]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (F)is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
(G)But after that no one dared question Him.
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- Mark 12:29 foremost
- Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
- Mark 12:33 NU omits with all the soul
Mark 12:29-34
Contemporary English Version
29 (A) Jesus answered, “The most important one says: ‘People of Israel, you have only one Lord and God. 30 You must love him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.’ 31 (B) The second most important commandment says: ‘Love others as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these.”
32 (C) The man replied, “Teacher, you are certainly right to say there is only one God. 33 (D) It is also true that we must love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, and that we must love others as much as we love ourselves. These commandments are more important than all the sacrifices and offerings that we could possibly make.”
34 When Jesus saw that the man had given a sensible answer, he told him, “You are not far from God's kingdom.” After this, no one dared ask Jesus any more questions.
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Mark 12:29-34
New Century Version
29 Jesus answered, “The most important command is this: ‘Listen, people of Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’[a] 31 The second command is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’[b] There are no commands more important than these.”
32 The man answered, “That was a good answer, Teacher. You were right when you said God is the only Lord and there is no other God besides him. 33 One must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And one must love his neighbor as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”
34 When Jesus saw that the man answered him wisely, Jesus said to him, “You are close to the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one was brave enough to ask Jesus any more questions.
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- 12:30 ‘Listen . . . strength.’ Quotation from Deuteronomy 6:4–5.
- 12:31 ‘Love . . . yourself.’ Quotation from Leviticus 19:18.
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