Mark 12:29

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“Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.”

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“Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 12:29 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
  2. Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  3. Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
  4. Proverbs 23:26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
  5. Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
  6. Matthew 23:9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
  7. Mark 12:32“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
  8. Luke 10:27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
  9. Romans 3:30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
  10. 1 Corinthians 8:4So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  11. Galatians 3:20A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
  12. 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
  13. 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  14. James 2:19You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
  15. Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

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