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Mark 12:29 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: "
Mark 12:29
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He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
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.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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Mark 12:1
"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."
Mark 12:2
"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."
Mark 12:3
"And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty."
Mark 12:4
"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled."
Mark 12:5
"And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some."
Mark 12:6
"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."
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