Mark 12:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, `Which is the first command of all?'

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  • Matt 22:34-40 : 34 and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; 35 and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying, 36 `Teacher, which `is' the great command in the Law?' 37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding -- 38 this is a first and great command; 39 and the second `is' like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; 40 on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'
  • Luke 20:39 : 39 And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'
  • Luke 10:25-28 : 25 And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' 26 And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?' 27 And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.' 28 And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'
  • Luke 11:42 : 42 `But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
  • Matt 23:23 : 23 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved `you' to do, and those not to neglect.
  • Matt 5:19 : 19 `Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach `them', he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

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    29and Jesus answered him -- `The first of all the commands `is', Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

    30and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this `is' the first command;

    31and the second `is' like `it', this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'

    32And the scribe said to him, `Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

    33and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.'

    34And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, `Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

    35And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, `How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?

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    35and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

    36`Teacher, which `is' the great command in the Law?'

    37And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --

    38this is a first and great command;

    39and the second `is' like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;

    40on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'

    41And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

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    25And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

    26And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

    27And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

    28And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

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    39And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'

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    17And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one `is' good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

    18He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

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    19the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

    20And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'

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    20the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

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