31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[a] There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “That is true, Teacher. You have said correctly[b] that he is one and there is no other except him. 33 And to love him from your[c] whole heart and from your[d] whole understanding and from your[e] whole strength, and to love your[f] neighbor as yourself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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  1. Mark 12:31 A quotation from Lev 19:18
  2. Mark 12:32 Literally “in accordance with truth”
  3. Mark 12:33 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Mark 12:33 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  5. Mark 12:33 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  6. Mark 12:33 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a](A) There is no commandment greater than these.”

32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.(B) 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(C)

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  1. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18