Mark 12:28

Then one of the scribes came, after he heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you are greatly mistaken.” 1 The First Commandment

29Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘ Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.’

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Cross References

Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 22:34But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

Luke 10:25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 20:39Then some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:19-28

The Question of the Sadducees. 18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and… Read the whole commentary →

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