Deuteronomy 6:5-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 6 And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; 7 and 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 And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.[a]
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- 6.4-9 The recital thrice daily of this text, plus two others, is the principal practice of piety of the religious Jew; it is called the Shema (“Hear”). It contains the greatest commandment of the Law, that is, the love of the covenant-God (cf. Mt 22.37), and a clear statement of monotheism.
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
New International Version
5 Love(A) the Lord your God with all your heart(B) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(C) 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(D) 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(E) 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(F) 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(G)
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