Mark 12:28-31New King James Version (NKJV)

The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?

²⁸ Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving^[a] that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

²⁹ Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰ And you shall 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.^{[c] 31} And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’^[d] There is no other commandment greater than these.”