Mark 12:28-34 Then one of the scribes having approached, having heard them debating, knowing that He answered them well, questioned Him, "Which is the first commandment of all?"

ALT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ Then one of the scribes having approached, having heard them debating, knowing that He answered them well, questioned Him, "Which is [the] first commandment of all?" ²⁹ Then Jesus answered him, "[The] first of all the commandments [is], 'Be hearing [or, Be paying attention], O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one.' ³⁰ 'And youp will love the LORD your God with your whole heart [fig., your entire inner self] and with your whole soul and with your whole understanding and with your whole strength'— this [is] the first commandment. [Deut 6:4,5] ³¹ "And [the] second [is] similar to it, 'You will love your neighbor as yourself'— no other commandment is greater [than] these." [Lev 19:18] ³² Then the scribe said to Him, "Well [said], Teacher! You have spoken in truth that He is one, and [there] is not another besides Him. [Deut 4:35,39] ³³ "And to be loving Him with the whole heart [fig., one's entire inner self] and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength and to be loving one's neighbor as oneself is more [than] all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices." [Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18' 1Sam 15:22] ³⁴ And Jesus, having seen him, that he answered wisely, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared any longer to question Him.