29"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.


In Context

26 Now about the dead rising--have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ?

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

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.

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.'

31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

Mark 12:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is,] Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:29And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:29Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:29And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:29Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:29Jesus answered, |The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:29and Jesus answered him — 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: