“Hear, O Israel: (A)The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] You (B)shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And (C)these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. (D)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. (E)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (F)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 “And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities (G)that you did not build, 11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, 12 (H)then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13 It is (I)the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and (J)by his name you shall swear. 14 You shall not (K)go after other gods, (L)the gods of the peoples who are around you—

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  1. 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

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a](A) Love(B) the Lord your God with all your heart(C) and with all your soul and with all your strength.(D) These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(E) 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.(F) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(G) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(H)

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(I) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(J) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(K) 12 be careful that you do not forget(L) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

13 Fear the Lord(M) your God, serve him only(N) and take your oaths(O) in his name.(P) 14 Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you;

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  1. 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