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This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.” <a href="/esv/mark/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/bsb/mark/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/blb/mark/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/kjv/mark/12.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/mark/12.htm">New King James Version</a> And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/nasb_/mark/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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, is much more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/nasb/mark/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE ONE&#8217S NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/mark/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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 HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/lsb/mark/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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 HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/amp/mark/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO [unselfishly] LOVE ONE’S NEIGHBOR AS ONESELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/csb/mark/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/hcsb/mark/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.&#8221 <a href="/asv/mark/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/cev/mark/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> It is also true that we must love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, and that we must love others as much as we love ourselves. These commandments are more important than all the sacrifices and offerings that we could possibly make." <a href="/erv/mark/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/gwt/mark/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as you love yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/gnt/mark/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> And you must love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength; and you must love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is more important to obey these two commandments than to offer on the altar animals and other sacrifices to God." <a href="/isv/mark/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/msb/mark/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your soul and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.? <a href="/net/mark/12.htm">NET Bible</a> And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/nheb/mark/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/wbt/mark/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/wey/mark/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/web/mark/12.htm">World English Bible</a> and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/mark/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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.” <a href="/blb/mark/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/ylt/mark/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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 neighbour as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.' <a href="/slt/mark/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole burnt offerrings, and the sacrifices.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/mark/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices. <a href="/cpdv/mark/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbor as one’s self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices.” <a href="/nabre/mark/12.htm">New American Bible</a> And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” <a href="/nrsvce/mark/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/mark/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And that a man should love him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the power, and love his neighbor as himself; this is far more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And for a man to love him with all the heart and with the entire mind and with all the soul and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/mark/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/godbey/mark/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And love Him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to love thy neighbor as thyself is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. <a href="/haweis/mark/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> 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 better than all burnt offerings, and sacrifices. <a href="/mace/mark/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, with all its faculties, and to love one's neighbour as one's self is more acceptable than all the offerings and sacrifices in the world. <a href="/wey/mark/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/worrell/mark/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> 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 himself, is much more than all the whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." <a href="/worsley/mark/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/parallel/mark/12-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=4166" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/mark/12.htm">The Greatest Commandment</a> …32“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him, 33<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapan (V-PNA) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">to love</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">with</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardias (N-GFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">heart</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">with</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/4907.htm" title="4907: syneseōs (N-GFS) -- From suniemi; a mental putting together, i.e. Intelligence or the intellect.">understanding</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">with</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/2479.htm" title="2479: ischyos (N-GFS) -- Strength (absolutely), power, might, force, ability. From a derivative of is; forcefulness.">strength,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: agapan (V-PNA) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">to love</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/4139.htm" title="4139: plēsion (Adv) -- Near, nearby, a neighbor. Neuter of a derivative of pelas; close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. Fellow.">neighbor</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heauton (RefPro-AM3S) -- Himself, herself, itself. ">yourself,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">which is</a> <a href="/greek/4053.htm" title="4053: perissoteron (Adj-NNS-C) -- From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence.">more important</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">than all</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3646.htm" title="3646: holokautōmatōn (N-GNP) -- A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2378.htm" title="2378: thysiōn (N-GFP) -- Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice.">sacrifices.”</a> 34When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37-40</a> Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ... <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Luke 10:27</a> He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a> Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. / And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. <a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a> Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. <a href="/romans/13-9.htm">Romans 13:9-10</a> The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. <a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7-8</a> Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. <a href="/1_john/4-20.htm">1 John 4:20-21</a> If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. / And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well. <a href="/1_corinthians/13-1.htm">1 Corinthians 13:1-3</a> If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. <a href="/galatians/5-14.htm">Galatians 5:14</a> The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” <a href="/james/2-8.htm">James 2:8</a> If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. <a href="/1_john/3-18.htm">1 John 3:18</a> Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. <a href="/1_john/3-23.htm">1 John 3:23</a> And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. <a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a> A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” <a href="/john/15-12.htm">John 15:12-13</a> This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a> and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.is more.<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.<a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8-15,23</a> I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me… <a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a> To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Better</a> <a href="/mark/4-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/mark/8-3.htm">Far</a> <a href="/mark/12-31.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/mark/4-32.htm">Forms</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">gs</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/mark/12-29.htm">Important</a> <a href="/mark/12-31.htm">Love</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/mark/12-31.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/mark/12-31.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/mark/1-44.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/mark/12-23.htm">One's</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Oneself</a> <a href="/mark/1-44.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/14-21.htm">Better</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/mark/12-34.htm">Far</a> <a href="/mark/14-69.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/romans/1-30.htm">Forms</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">gs</a> <a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/mark/12-39.htm">Important</a> <a href="/mark/12-38.htm">Love</a> <a href="/mark/14-72.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/luke/10-27.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/luke/12-15.htm">One's</a> <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Oneself</a> <a href="/luke/13-1.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/mark/14-37.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/mark/12-34.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/mark/12-44.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 12</div>1. <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Jesus tells the parable of the tenants</a> 13. <a href="/mark/12-13.htm">He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;</a> 18. <a href="/mark/12-18.htm">convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;</a> 28. <a href="/mark/12-28.htm">resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;</a> 35. <a href="/mark/12-35.htm">refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;</a> 38. <a href="/mark/12-38.htm">bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;</a> 41. <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/mark/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and to love Him with all your heart This phrase emphasizes the importance of wholehearted devotion to God. In biblical context, the heart is seen as the center of one's being, encompassing emotions, will, and intellect. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>, part of the Shema, commands Israel to love God with all their heart, soul, and strength, highlighting the comprehensive nature of this love. The heart's devotion is a recurring theme in Scripture, underscoring the need for sincerity and depth in one's relationship with God.and with all your understanding Understanding refers to the intellectual aspect of loving God. This involves knowing God's character, His laws, and His will. <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a> advises believers to trust in the Lord with all their heart and not lean on their own understanding, suggesting that true understanding aligns with divine wisdom. The New Testament encourages believers to renew their minds (<a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>), indicating that intellectual love for God involves aligning one's thoughts with His truth.and with all your strength Strength implies the use of one's physical and mental resources in service to God. This phrase calls for an active, energetic commitment to God, involving all aspects of one's life. The Hebrew concept of strength in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a> includes might and resources, suggesting that loving God involves dedicating one's abilities and possessions to His service. This comprehensive love is a call to action, not just emotion or thought.and to love your neighbor as yourself This command is rooted in <a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a> and is central to Jesus' teaching. It emphasizes the ethical dimension of faith, where love for God is inseparable from love for others. The parable of the Good Samaritan (<a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25-37</a>) illustrates this principle, showing that neighborly love transcends ethnic and social boundaries. This love is selfless and sacrificial, reflecting the love Christ demonstrated.This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” This statement underscores the priority of love over ritualistic practices. In the Old Testament, burnt offerings and sacrifices were central to worship (Leviticus 1-7), yet prophets like Hosea (<a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a>) and Samuel (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>) emphasized that God desires mercy and obedience over sacrifice. Jesus reiterates this principle, teaching that genuine love fulfills the law (<a href="/matthew/22-40.htm">Matthew 22:40</a>) and that God values the heart's devotion over external rituals. This reflects the new covenant's focus on internal transformation rather than mere external compliance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in the Gospel of Mark, who is teaching in the temple courts and responding to a scribe's question about the greatest commandment. 2. <a href="/topical/s/scribe.htm">Scribe</a> A Jewish legal expert who questions Jesus about the greatest commandment, leading to Jesus' teaching on love being greater than sacrifices. 3. <a href="/topical/t/temple_in_jerusalem.htm">Temple in Jerusalem</a> The setting of this teaching, where religious leaders and scribes often gathered to discuss and interpret the Law. 4. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings_and_sacrifices.htm">Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices</a> Refers to the ritualistic practices commanded in the Old Testament, which were central to Jewish worship and atonement for sin. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a> The Mosaic Law, which includes commandments and instructions given to the Israelites, forming the basis of Jewish religious practice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_primacy_of_love.htm">The Primacy of Love</a> Love for God and neighbor is the essence of true worship and obedience. Our relationship with God and others should be characterized by wholehearted love. <a href="/topical/b/beyond_rituals.htm">Beyond Rituals</a> Religious rituals and sacrifices are secondary to the genuine love and devotion we show to God and others. Evaluate your spiritual practices to ensure they are expressions of love rather than mere obligations. <a href="/topical/h/holistic_devotion.htm">Holistic Devotion</a> Loving God involves every aspect of our being: heart, understanding, and strength. Seek to integrate your faith into all areas of life, not just religious activities. <a href="/topical/n/neighborly_love.htm">Neighborly Love</a> Loving your neighbor as yourself is a practical demonstration of your love for God. Consider how you can actively show love and kindness to those around you. <a href="/topical/h/heart_over_sacrifice.htm">Heart Over Sacrifice</a> God values the intentions and attitudes of the heart more than external religious acts. Reflect on your motivations in worship and service, ensuring they stem from love.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 12</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_'woke'.htm">How can one truly love God?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_religious_fervor_neurological.htm">How do we explain religious fervor as a neurological phenomenon?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_teaching_on_love.htm">What is the Bible's teaching on love?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'obedience_over_sacrifice'_mean.htm">What does "obedience is better than sacrifice" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) Is more than all whole burnt offerings . . .--There is a fervour in the eloquence of the scribe's answer which indicates the earnestness, almost the enthusiasm, of conviction. Such teaching as that of <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm" title="And Samuel said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.">1Samuel 15:22</a>, Ps. 1. 8-14, <a href="/micah/6-6.htm" title="With which shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?">Micah 6:6</a>, had not been in vain for him.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 33. - Is more (περισσότερόν) - according to the most approved reading, more - than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. This scribe was evidently emerging out of the bondage of ceremonial things, and perceiving the supremacy of the moral law. <a href="/commentaries/mark/12-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. to love ἀγαπᾶν (agapan) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. Him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. with ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. all ὅλης (holēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. [your] τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heart καρδίας (kardias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. with ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. all ὅλης (holēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. [your] τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. understanding συνέσεως (syneseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4907.htm">Strong's 4907: </a> From suniemi; a mental putting together, i.e. Intelligence or the intellect. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. with ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. all ὅλης (holēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. [your] τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. strength, ἰσχύος (ischyos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2479.htm">Strong's 2479: </a> Strength (absolutely), power, might, force, ability. From a derivative of is; forcefulness. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. to love ἀγαπᾶν (agapan) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. [your] τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. neighbor πλησίον (plēsion) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4139.htm">Strong's 4139: </a> Near, nearby, a neighbor. Neuter of a derivative of pelas; close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. Fellow. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. yourself, ἑαυτὸν (heauton) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> Himself, herself, itself. which is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. more important περισσότερόν (perissoteron) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_4053.htm">Strong's 4053: </a> From peri; superabundant or superior; by implication, excessive; adverbially violently; neuter preeminence. than all πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. burnt offerings ὁλοκαυτωμάτων (holokautōmatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3646.htm">Strong's 3646: </a> A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. sacrifices.? θυσιῶν (thysiōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2378.htm">Strong's 2378: </a> Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. 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