Mark 12:31

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ δευτέρα ὁμοία, αὕτη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. Μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστιν.

Transliteration

And deutera homoia, this, Agapēseis the plēsion of you as seauton. Meizōn than these another entolē not estin.

Grammar Details

• *deutera*: nominative, feminine, singular - second
• *homoia*: nominative, feminine, singular - similar/like
• *Agapēseis*: future active indicative, 2nd singular - you shall love
• *plēsion*: accusative, masculine, singular - neighbor
• *seauton*: accusative, masculine, singular - yourself
• *Meizōn*: nominative, feminine, singular, comparative - greater
• *entolē*: nominative, feminine, singular - commandment
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

• *deutera*: second/secondary
• *homoia*: similar/like/resembling
• *Agapēseis*: you shall love/cherish
• *plēsion*: neighbor/fellow person
• *seauton*: yourself/your own self
• *Meizōn*: greater/larger/more important
• *entolē*: commandment/precept/instruction
• *estin*: is/exists

Referenced Verses

• Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• Gal 5:14 : 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• Matt 19:18-19 : 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,› 19 ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
• 1 Cor 13:4-8 : 4 ¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 ¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
• Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.
• Matt 7:12 : 12 ¶ ‹Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.›
• 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• Jas 2:8-9 : 8 ¶ If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• 1 John 3:17-19 : 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
• 1 John 4:7-8 : 7 ¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
• Matt 22:39 : 39 ‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›
• Luke 10:27 : 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
• Luke 10:36-37 : 36 ‹Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?› 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, ‹Go, and do thou likewise.›
• Lev 19:13 : 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.