Mark 12:29
Modern Translations
New International Version
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord .

English Standard Version
Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Berean Study Bible
Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, ISRAEL! THE LORD IS OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE;

NASB 1995
Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;

NASB 1977
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered, “The first and most important one is: ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"This is the most important," Jesus answered: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "The most important one says: 'People of Israel, you have only one Lord and God.

Good News Translation
Jesus replied, "The most important one is this: 'Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.

International Standard Version
Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

NET Bible
Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

New King James Version
Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.

King James 2000 Bible
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

World English Bible
Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

American King James Version
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

American Standard Version
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

A Faithful Version
Then Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is, 'Hear, O Israel. Our one God is the Lord, the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
And Jesus answered him, [The] first commandment of all [is], Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

English Revised Version
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Iesus answered him, The first of all the commandements is, Heare, Israel, The Lord our God is the onely Lord.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Iesus aunswered hym, the first of all the commaundementes is: Heare O Israel, The Lorde our God, is one Lorde:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Iesus answered him: The chefest commaundemet of all commaundementes is this: Heare O Israel, the LORDE oure God is one God,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Iesus answered him: the fyrste of all the comaundementes is. Heare Israel: The Lorde God is one Lorde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commands—Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD is one;

Berean Literal Bible
Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord,

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus answered him -- 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Jesus answered him, That the first of all the commands, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

Literal Emphasis Translation
Jesus answered, The foremost is, Hear this O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Jesus answered him: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, O Israel. The Lord your God is one God.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua said to him, “The first of all the commandments: 'Hear Israel, THE LORD JEHOVAH your God, THE LORD JEHOVAH, he is One.' “

Lamsa Bible
Jesus said to him, The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Godbey New Testament
And Jesus responded to him, The first commandment of all; Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, is one Lord:

Haweis New Testament
Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord:

Mace New Testament
Jesus answer'd him, the first of all the commandments is thus deliver'd, "hear, o Israel, the lord our God is the only lord.

Weymouth New Testament
"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

Worrell New Testament
Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our God, the Lord is One;

Worsley New Testament
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord,
















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