Mark 12:29
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, thou Israel, Lord our God is one Lord,
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Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what does LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Proverbs 23:26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.
Matthew 23:9And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens.
Luke 10:27And having answered, he said, Thou shall love Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.
1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.
1 Timothy 1:5But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and non-hypocritical faith.
Matthew Henry on Mark 12:29-35
The Hopeful Scribe. 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →