Mark 12:33

You have also said correctly that we ◄ should/must show that we► love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love ◄people with whom we come in contact/others► as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things pleases God more than offering/giving animals to him or burning other sacrifices.”

Translation for Translators

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

32The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, you have answered well. You correctly said that he is the only God and that there is no other God we must worship/obey.

34Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “ I perceive that you will soon decide to let God rule your life.” After that, the Jewish leaders were afraid to ask him any more questions like that to try to trap him.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:8I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me, for the offerings that you completely burn on the altar.

Proverbs 21:3Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than bringing sacrifices to him.

Isaiah 58:5You act as though [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] the tops of reeds bend when the wind blows, and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes like people do when they are grieving. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?

Hosea 6:6I want my people to faithfully love me more than I want them to offer sacrifices to me; I want them to know me more than I want them to completely burn sacrifices on the altar.

Micah 6:6The Israeli people ask, “What shall we bring to Yahweh who lives in heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be killed and completely burned on the altar?

Matthew 12:7You should think about these words of God in the Scriptures: ‘I want you to act mercifully toward people, and not just offer sacrifices.’ If you understood what that means, you would not condemn my disciples, who have done no wrong.

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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