Mark 12:29-31 So Jesus gave a decided reply to him, "Foremost (= Most important) is, 'Be habitually listening and hearing and, thus, obeying, O Israel, the Lord = Yahweh is our God. The Lord Yahweh is (continually exists being) one.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁹ So Jesus gave a decided reply to him, "Foremost (= Most important) is, 'Be habitually listening and hearing [and, thus, obeying], O Israel, [the] Lord [= Yahweh] [is] our God. [The] Lord [Yahweh] is (continually exists being) one. ³⁰ 'And so, you folks will be loving [the] Lord [= Yahweh] your God from out of the midst of your whole heart, and from out of the midst of your whole soul, and from out of the midst of your whole intellect (throughout the midst of your entire comprehension and full mental ability), and from out of the midst of your whole strength.' ³¹ "[The] second one [is] the same [or, with other MSS: And {the} second one [is] like this one], 'You folks will be loving your near-one (or: neighbor; associate) as he were (or: like) yourself.' There is no other investment with authorization (or: direction; prescription; command) greater than these!"