Mark 12:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that, no one dared question him.

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  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.
  • Luke 20:40 : 40 And after that they dared not ask him any question at all.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  • Titus 1:9-9 : 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict those who contradict. 10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Job 32:15-16 : 15 They were amazed; they answered no more; they stopped speaking. 16 When I had waited, for they did not speak but stood still and answered no more,
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he brings forth judgment to victory.
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

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    46And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.

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    39Then some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, you have spoken well.

    40And after that they dared not ask him any question at all.

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    28Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, 'Which is the first commandment of all?'

    29Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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    25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

    26He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?

    27And he answered, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.

    28And he said to him, You have answered rightly: this do, and you shall live.

    29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

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    34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

    35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

    36Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

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    18And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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    17And when he had gone out into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

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    19You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.

    20And he answered and said to him, Master, all these I have kept from my youth.

    21Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

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    31And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.

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    16And behold, one came and said to him, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

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    16And he asked the scribes, What are you questioning with them?

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    24And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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    32But they did not understand this saying and were afraid to ask him.

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    33And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.