Mark 12:28
One of the religious teachers came and heard them arguing. He recognized that Jesus had given them a good answer. So he asked him, “Which is the most important commandment of all?”
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27He's not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”
29Jesus replied, “The first commandment is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one.
Cross References
Matthew 5:19So whoever disregards the least important commandment, and teaches people to do so, will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches the commandments will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 22:34When the Pharisees heard that he'd left the Sadducees speechless, they got together and went to ask some more questions.
Luke 10:25Once an expert in religious law stood up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “What do I have to do to gain eternal life?”
Luke 20:39Some of the religious teachers responded, “That was a good answer, Teacher.”
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 →