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31 The second law is this: "Love your neighbour as you love yourself." No law is greater than these laws.'

32 Then the scribe answered Jesus, `Teacher, what you say is right. There is one God. There are no other gods.

33 Love God with all your heart. Love him with all your understanding. Love him with all your strength. That is much better than to burn offerings and make sacrifices. Love your neighbour as you love yourself. That is better than any of these offerings and sacrifices.'

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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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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18