Mark 12:31 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 12:31

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

KJV

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And the second is like,.... "Unto it", as in Mat 22:39 and so it is read here in two ancient copies of Beza's, and in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; namely this, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The second is like unto it - Of a like comprehensive nature: comprising our whole duty to man. There is no other moral, much less ceremonial commandment, greater than these.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Has not one Christ redeemed us? Well might Christ say, There is no other commandment greater than these; for in these all the law is fulfilled, and if we make conscience of obedience to these, all other instances of obedience will follow of course. The scribe consented to what Christ said, and descanted upon it,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those that sincerely desire to be instructed concerning their duty, Christ will guide in judgment, and teach his way. That the great commandment of all, which is indeed inclusive of all, is, that of loving God with all our hearts. (1.) Where there is a commanding principle in the soul, there is a disposition to every other duty.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses contain a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ and "one of the Scribes." For the third time in one day we see our Lord tried by a hard question. Having put to silence the Pharisees and Sadducees, He is asked to decide a point on which much difference of opinion prevailed among the Jews — "Which is the first commandment of all?" We have reason to bless God that so many hard questions were propounded to our Lord. Without them the marvelous words of wisdom which His three answers contain, might never have been spoken at all.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
δευτέρα	deutera	[The] second	G1208 →
αὕτη·	hautē	this:	G3778 →
ἀγαπήσεις	agapēseis	You will love	G25 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πλησίον	plēsion	neighbour	G4139 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
σεαυτόν.	seauton	yourself.’	G4771 →
μείζων	meizōn	Greater	G3173 →
τούτων	toutōn	than these	G3778 →
ἄλλη	allē	another	G243 →
ἐντολὴ	entolē	commandment	G1785 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν.	estin	there is.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 10:27
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.’”
leads to
- Romans 13:9
  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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 12:30–31
  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
- Leviticus 19:18
  Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 22:37–40
  Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Deuteronomy 6:5
  And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Through
Matthew 22:39
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
leads to
- Luke 10:27–37
  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.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 5:14
  The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 13:9–10
  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.”