Mark 12:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Deut 6:4 : 4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:
  • Rom 3:30 : 30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  • Gal 3:20 : 20 Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.
  • Jas 2:19 : 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.
  • Matt 23:9 : 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
  • Mark 12:32-33 : 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he: 33 And 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.
  • Luke 10:27 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

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    4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

    5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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    30 And 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.

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

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

    33 And 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.

    34 And 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

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    19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

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    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

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    6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

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    1 Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:

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