The Greatest Commandment
Mark 12:31
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”Leviticus 19:18
- KJV
- And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- WEB
- The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
- ASV
- The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- LSV
- and the second [is] like [it], this, You will love your neighbor as yourself—there is no other command greater than these.”
- YLT
- and the second [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — greater than these there is no other command.'
- DBY
- And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.
- DRC
- And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
- GNV
- And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. There is none other commandement greater then these.
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Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁμοία (“like”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: δευτέρα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δευτέρα; Tregelles add ὁμοία; Robinson–Pierpont read Καὶ δευτέρα ὁμοία.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- δευτέρα αὕτη· Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστιν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ δευτέρα ὁμοία αὕτη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. Μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ δευτέρα ὁμοία αὕτη, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. Μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστι.
- SCR1894
- και δευτερα ομοια αυτη αγαπησεις τον πλησιον σου ως σεαυτον μειζων τουτων αλλη εντολη ουκ εστιν
Who and where
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
NeighborLoveSatireCommandment; CommandmentsCommandment, the NewLawLaw in the New TestamentPauline TheologyQuotations and AllusionsMark, the Gospel According to
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 13:8–9Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other…
- Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Luke 10:27He 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.’”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–8Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but…
- Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- Galatians 5:14The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
- 1 John 4:7–8Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
- James 2:8–13If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. Whoever keeps the whole…
- Matthew 19:18–19“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Luke 10:36–37Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” “The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
- Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- 1 John 3:17–19If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.…
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