Maggie's Farm

Mark 12:28-34

12:28 One
of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and
seeing that he answered them well he asked him, "Which commandment is
the first of all?"

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

12:30 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.'

12:31 The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

12:32 Then
the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have truly said
that 'he is one, and besides him there is no other';

12:33 and 'to
love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all
the strength' and 'to love one's neighbor as oneself' --this is much
more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

12:34 When
Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far
from the kingdom of God." After that no one dared to ask him any
question.