Matthew 22:34-36
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The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?(A)
34 (B)But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, (C)a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
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Mark 12:29-30
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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.
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- Mark 12:29 foremost
- Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
Matthew 22:38
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38 This is the first and great commandment.
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Mark 12:31
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31 And the second, like it, is this: (A)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (B)these.”
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Matthew 22:40
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40 (A)On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
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Mark 12:32-34
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32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, (A)and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, [a]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (B)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.”
(C)But after that no one dared question Him.
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- Mark 12:33 NU omits with all the soul
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