Mark 12:29
Jesus answered,“The most important is:‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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- Deut 6:4 : 4 The Essence of the Covenant Principles Listen, Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
- Rom 3:30 : 30 Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
- 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that“an idol in this world is nothing,” and that“there is no God but one.”
- Gal 3:20 : 20 Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one.
- Jas 2:19 : 19 You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that– and tremble with fear.
- Jude 1:25 : 25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no one your‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
- Mark 12:32-33 : 32 The expert in the law said to him,“That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. 33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- Luke 10:27 : 27 The expert answered,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
- 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
- Deut 10:12 : 12 An Exhortation to Love Both God and People Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being,
- Deut 30:6 : 6 The LORD your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
- Prov 23:26 : 26 Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;
- Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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28 The Greatest Commandment Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him,“Which commandment is the most important of all?”
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4 The Essence of the Covenant Principles Listen, Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
5 You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
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30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
31 The second is:‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 The expert in the law said to him,“That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.
33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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35 And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
37 Jesus said to him,“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
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28 Jesus said to him,“You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
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16 The Rich Young Man Now someone came up to him and said,“Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”
17 He said to him,“Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
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20 The man said to him,“Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth.”
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10 You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.”
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10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.