The person who loves his father and mother more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple]. And the person who loves his son or daughter more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple].
Mark 12:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And Jesus answered, “The foremost one is this [Deut. 6:4-5], ‘Hear this, you Israelites, the Lord our God is the only Lord, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is , Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered, The first and principal one of all commands is: Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord; American Standard Version (1901) Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: Common English Bible Jesus replied, “The most important one isIsrael, listen! Our God is the one Lord, 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. |
The person who loves his father and mother more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple]. And the person who loves his son or daughter more than me does not deserve me [i.e., to be my disciple].
And do not call any man on earth ‘father,’ [i.e., in a religious sense], for the [only] one who is your Father is in heaven.
And the man answered Him, [Deut. 6:5], “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind.” And [Lev. 19:18 says], “[You must love] your neighbor just as [you love] yourself.”
since there is [only] one God, who makes the circumcised ones [i.e., the Jews] right with Him by faith [in Christ] and the uncircumcised ones [i.e., the Gentiles] through faith [in Christ].
Now concerning [the matter of] eating foods [once] offered as sacrifices to idols, we know that an idol is [really] nothing in the world [at all], and that there is only one God.
Now an intermediary does not serve in a situation involving [only] one person. However, God is one [Being].
But the goal of this instruction is [to] love [God and people] from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith.
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and mankind --- the man Christ Jesus,
You believe that there is [only] one God; that is good! Even the demons believe [that], and they shudder [with fear at the thought].
[May these qualities be attributed] to the only God and our Savior, through [the person and work of] Jesus Christ our Lord, before [the beginning of] time [as well as] now and forever. May it be so.