³⁷ And he said to him, ^(A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

²⁹ Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^(A)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^(B)the Lord is one. ³⁰ And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

²⁷ And he answered, ^(A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and ^(B)your neighbor as yourself.”

⁵ You ^(A)shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Circumcise Your Heart

¹² “And now, Israel, ^(A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but ^(B)to fear the Lord your God, ^(C)to walk in all his ways, ^(D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

³³ And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(A)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(B)is much more than all ^(C)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

⁶ And ^(A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, ^(B)so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

^2 (A)By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. ³ For ^(B)this is the love of God, that we ^(C)keep his commandments. And ^(D)his commandments are not burdensome. ⁴ For ^(E)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—^(F)our faith. ⁵ Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes ^(G)that Jesus is the Son of God?

¹⁷ then he adds,