and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 12:33 in context
Mark 12:30–36
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
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The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
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The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he;
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and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
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When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.”
No one dared ask him any question after that.
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Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
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For David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
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