Mark 12:28-34 ▼

28 And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that He answered them well, questioned Him, “Which is the first command of all?”

29 And Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commands—Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one;

30 and you will love the LORD your God out of all your heart, and out of all your soul, and out of all your understanding, and out of all your strength—this [is] the first command;

31 and the second [is] like [it], this, You will love your neighbor as yourself—there is no other command greater than these.”

32 And the scribe said to Him, “Well, Teacher, in truth You have spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

33 and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as one’s self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.”

34 And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God”; and no one dared question Him anymore.