Mark 12:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

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  • Matt 22:34-40 : 34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; 35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law? 37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and greatest rule. 39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. 40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
  • Luke 20:39 : 39 And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.
  • Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? 26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it? 27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself. 28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
  • Luke 11:42 : 42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

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    29Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

    30And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

    31The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

    32And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

    33And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

    34And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

    35And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

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    35And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

    36Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

    37And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

    38This is the first and greatest rule.

    39And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

    40On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

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    25And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

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    27And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

    28And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

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    18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

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    20You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

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