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## Mark 12:29-33 in Context (Verses 26–36 KJV)
 
 [26 ](/kjv/mark/12/26) And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I *am* the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
 
 [27 ](/kjv/mark/12/27) He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/mark/12/28) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/mark/12/29) And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments *is*, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
 
 [30 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/mark/12/31) And the second *is* like, *namely* this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/mark/12/32) 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 ](/kjv/mark/12/33) 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.
 
 [34 ](/kjv/mark/12/34) And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him *any question.*
 
 [35 ](/kjv/mark/12/35) ¶ And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
 
 [36 ](/kjv/mark/12/36) For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
 
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