33 And to love(A) Him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[a] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(B)

34 When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(C) And no one dared(D) to question Him any longer.

The Question about the Messiah

35 So(E) Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex,(F) “How can the scribes(G) say that the Messiah(H) is the Son of David?(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:33 Other mss add with all your soul

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.”(A)

34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(B) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.(C)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(D)(E)

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,(F) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?(G)

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