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The Foremost Commandment

28 (A)And when one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, he (B)recognized that He had answered them well and asked Him, “What commandment is the [a]foremost of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘(C)Hear, O Israel! The [b]Lord our God is one [c]Lord; 30 (D)and you shall love the [d]Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:28 Or first
  2. Mark 12:29 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Deut 6:4
  3. Mark 12:29 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Deut 6:4
  4. Mark 12:30 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Deut 6:5