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27 He is not God of dead ones, but of living ones. You are greatly mistaken”.

A Scribe Asks, Which Is The Foremost Commandment?

28 And having come to Him, one of the scribes— having heard them debating, having seen that He answered them well— asked Him, “Which is the foremost[a] commandment of all?” 29 Jesus answered that “Foremost is: ‘Hear, Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:28 Or, first.

27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

The Greatest Commandment(A)

28 One of the teachers of the law(B) 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]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord