Mark 12:31
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.’
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,
33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
- KJV
- And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- WEB
- The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
- ASV
- The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- DARBY
- And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.
- BLB
- The second [is] this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is not another commandment greater than these.”
- ÅB
- Det annet, som er like så stort, er dette: Du skal elske din neste som deg selv. Større enn disse er intet annet bud.
- OTB
- Det andre er: 'Elsk din neste som deg selv.' Ingen andre bud er større enn disse."
- B1930
- Det annet, som er like så stort, er dette: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv. Større enn disse er intet annet bud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:8–9
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextMatthew 22:39
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextLuke 10:27
He answered, “‘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 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:4–8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Read in contextMatthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read in context1 John 4:21
And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
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