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and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, 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."
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Love Over Ritual
The scribe correctly affirms a major theme from the Old Testament prophets: genuine love for God and neighbor is far more valuable than external religious ceremonies. Commentators like John Calvin clarify that this isn't a dismissal of worship, but a condemnation of rituals performed without a sincere heart. God desires the inner reality of love over the outward show of sacrifice.
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19th Century
Anglican
Is more than all whole burnt offerings...—There is a fervor in the eloquence of the scribe’s answer which indicates the e…
Baptist
He had so decisively routed all his questioners that no other man had the audacity to court defeat at his hands. The infallible wisdom of Christ ha…
Mark records the favorable response of the teacher of the law. In repeating the commandment he omitted the divine name “the Lord” in keeping with t…
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16th Century
Protestant
Is better than all burnt-offerings and sacrifices. But it appears incongruous that sacrifices, which are a part of divine worship…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And to love him with all the heart That is, the one God, with a sincere hearty love and affection;
Presbyterian
Those who sincerely desire to be taught their duty, Christ will guide in judgment and teach His way. He tells the scribe that the great commandment…
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