29 Jesus answered him, “The [a]first of all the commandments is: (A)‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall (B)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [b]This is the first commandment.

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  1. Mark 12:29 foremost
  2. Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.

29 Jesus answered, “The [a]foremost is, ‘(A)Hear, Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one; 30 (B)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.’

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  1. Mark 12:29 Or first

29 Jesus answered, “The first and most important one is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; 30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul (life), and with all your mind (thought, understanding), and with all your strength.’(A)

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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](A)

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  1. Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
  2. Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

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