Mark 12:30
28 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.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
32 “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
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- BSB
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
- KJV
- And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
- WEB
- You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
- ASV
- and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.
- DARBY
- and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is [the] first commandment.
- BLB
- And you shall love the Lord your God out of all your heart and out of all your soul and out of all your mind and out of all your strength.’
- ÅB
- og du skal elske Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel og av all din hu og av all din makt; dette er det første bud.
- OTB
- Elsk Herren din Gud av hele ditt hjerte, av hele din sjel, av hele ditt sinn og av all din styrke.'
- B1930
- og du skal elske Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel og av all din hu og av all din makt; dette er det første bud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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