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27 He is not the God of dead people, but of living people. The way you look at things is wrong altogether.'

28 One of the scribes heard them talking. He saw that Jesus gave them a good answer. Then he came and asked, `Which law is the greatest law of all?'

29 Jesus answered, `The greatest one is, "Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord.

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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