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Mark 12:28

26 But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

29 Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
KJV
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
WEB
One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
ASV
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
DARBY
And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?
BLB
And one of the scribes having come, having heard them reasoning together, having seen that He answered them well, questioned Him, “Which commandment is first of all?”
ÅB
Og en av de skriftlærde, som hadde hørt deres ordskifte, gikk til ham, da han forsto at han hadde svart dem godt, og han spurte ham: Hvilket bud er det første av alle?
OTB
En av de skriftlærde kom og hørte dem diskutere. Da han merket at Jesus hadde gitt dem et klokt svar, spurte han ham: "Av alle budene, hvilket er det viktigste?"
B1930
Og en av de skriftlærde, som hadde hørt deres ordskifte, gikk til ham, da han forstod at han hadde svart dem godt, og han spurte ham: Hvilket bud er det første av alle?

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  • Matthew 22:34–40

    And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

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  • Luke 10:25–28

    One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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  • Luke 20:39

    Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

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  • Matthew 19:18

    “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

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  • Matthew 5:19

    So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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