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Jesus said to him, "`You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.`
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Love with Your Whole Being
Commentators agree that the terms "heart, soul, and mind" are not meant to be a technical, psychological breakdown. Rather, they are overlapping terms used to emphasize totality. The command is to love God with your entire being—your affections, your life force, and your intellect. It is a call for a supreme love that engages every faculty and capacity of your person.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jesus said to him, etc. Mark says that he introduced this by referring to the doctrine of the unity of God—Hear, O Israel; the Lord ou…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall love the Lord your God — In Mark's report (Mark 12:29), our Lord's answer begins with the Creed of Israel (<…
Baptist
These were very familiar words to our Lord’s hearers, for all devout Jews were in the habit of repeating them every morning and evening.[Reference …
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Jesus first quotes Dt 6:5 and then Lev 19:18. From the viewpoint of biblical anthropology, “heart” (GK 2840), “soul” (GK 6034), and “mind” (GK 1379…
16th Century
Protestant
Thou shalt love the Lord thou God. According to Mark, the preface is inserted, that Jehovah alone is the God of Israel; by which …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Jesus said to him Directly, without taking time to think of it; and though he knew with what design it was put to hi…
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An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to test, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great co…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord answered the question concerning the payment of tribute and the question about the resurrection. Here, however, He answers a q…
