Mark 12:29
And Jesus answered him: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, O Israel. The Lord your God is one God.
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Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only that you fear the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
Proverbs 23:26My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.
Matthew 23:9And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
Luke 10:27In response, he said: “You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 8:4But as to the foods that are immolated to idols, we know that an idol in the world is nothing, and that no one is God, except One.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the goal of instruction is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned 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 →