Mark 12:28-38

The Great Commandment

28 ¹And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

29 Jesus answered, "The most important is, ²'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ³the Lord is one.

30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

31 ⁴The second is this: ⁵'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment ⁶greater than these."

32 And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ⁷he is one, and ⁸there is no other besides him.

33 And to love him with all the heart and with all ⁹the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ¹⁰is much more than all ¹¹whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." ¹²And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

35 ¹³And as ¹⁴Jesus taught in the temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that ¹⁵the Christ is the son of David?

36 David himself, ¹⁶in the Holy Spirit, declared, ¹⁷"'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies ¹⁸under your feet.'

37 David himself calls him Lord. So ¹⁹how is he his son?" And the great throng ²⁰heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

38 ²¹And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces