Mark 12:29

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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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