Mark 12:28-31

The Greatest Commandment

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[a]

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’^[b]

31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[c] There is no commandment greater than these.”

Cross References

• 1. Luke 10:25-28; Luke 20:39
• 2. Deuteronomy 6:4,5
• 3. Leviticus 19:18; S Matthew 5:43

Footnotes

• [a] Or "The Lord our God is one Lord"
• [b] Deut. 6:4,5
• [c] Lev. 19:18