Greatest command? ~ Cross reference of Mark 12:30 to Deuteronomy 6:4


In these passages a teacher of the law comes to Jesus and tests him by asking what is the greatest command. Jesus as a good Jew says the Shema. I applaud him for that. We all need to worship the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe.

Jesus quotes the Shema found in Deuteronomy 6 and the command to love your neighbors found in Leviticus 19.

G-d gave his people 613 commandments, and 7 commandments for gentiles[Noahides]. Shema covers commandment 1 through 4 of the 10 commandments that G-d gave Israel on Mount Sanai. Commandments 5-10 cover relationship with fellow people. We will not commit any of the negative commands if we love our neighbor as ourselves.

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All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad.


This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion.

My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said.

G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth.

Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g] There is no commandment greater than these.”

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God; the Lord is one. 5 And you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your means.

Leviticus 19:18 You shall neither take revenge from nor bear a grudge against the members of your people; you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
  • Yes what Jesus said is true.
  • The 10 commandments have 4 commands about our love for the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe and 6 commands about the love and just behavior toward our neighbors.
  • Jesus spoke well and clearly stated that he is not G-d else he would have said love and honor me.
  • I thank Jesus for speaking the truth.

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