Mark 12:33

and to have ahavah for him B'CHOL LEVAVCHA (with all your heart) and with all your binah UVECHOL MODECHA + 12:33 Dt 6:5 (with all your strength) and L'REACHA KAMOCHA + 12:33 Lv 19:18 (your neighbor as yourself) is greater [than] all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. + 12:33 1Sm 15:22; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

In Context

32And the Baal Torah said to him, Well spoken, Rabbi, beemes you have said that Hashem is ECHAD + 12:32 Dt 6:4 (one), and EIN OD and there is no other + 12:32 Isa 45:18 except him. + 12:32 Dt 4:35,39; Isa 45:6,14; 46:9

34And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, when he saw that this torah teacher answered with chochmah (wisdom), said to him, You are not far from the Malchut Hashem. And no one was daring to put a she'elah (question) in front of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach again.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy zevakhim. 1 And thy olot are before Me tamid. 1

Proverbs 21:3To do tzedakah and mishpat 1 is more acceptable to Hashem than zevach. 1

Isaiah 58:5Is such as this a tzom that I have chosen? 1 Merely for adam to afflict his nefesh? 1 To bow down his rosh like a bulrush, 1 and to spread sackcloth and efer (ashes) under him? 1 Wilt thou call this a tzom, 1 and a yom ratzon (a day of acceptance, an acceptable day) unto Hashem? 1

Hosea 6:6For I desired chesed, and not zevach; 1 and the da'as Elohim more than olot (burnt offerings). + 6:6 Mt 9:13 1

Micah 6:6With what shall I come before Hashem, 1 and bow myself before Elohei Marom (G-d on High)? 1 Shall I come before Him with olot (burnt offerings), 1 with calves a year old? 1

Matthew 12:7But if you'd had daas what this means, CHESED CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH + 12:7 Hos 6:6 (I desire mercy and not sacrifice), you would not have condemned the innocent.

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 →

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