Mark 12:28

Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."

29"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: `Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:19Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Matthew 22:34Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,

Luke 10:25Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

Luke 20:39Then some of the Scribes replied, "Rabbi, 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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