KJV King James Version
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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Mark 12:30
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
WEB World English Bible
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.’ This is the first commandment.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength—this is the first command;
Surrounding context — Mark 12
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28 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?
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.
31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἀγαπήσειςG25 · agapaōto loveκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: GodτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεόνG2316 · theosGodσουG4771 · suyouἐξG1537 · ekout fromὅληςG3650 · holosallτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαρδίαςG2588 · kardiaheartσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξG1537 · ekout fromὅληςG3650 · holosallτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoψυχῆςG5590 · psuchēsoulσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξG1537 · ekout fromὅληςG3650 · holosallτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιανοίαςG1271 · dianoiamindσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐξG1537 · ekout fromὅληςG3650 · holosallτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἰσχύοςG2479 · ischusstrengthσου.G4771 · suyou
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