Mark 12:31

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Mark 12:28-31

The foremost commandment: v. 28. And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all? v. 29. And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord, our God, is one Lord; v. 30. and thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. v. ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Mark 12:28-34

5. The Scribe, first tempting, then half won. Mark 12:28-34(Parallels: Matthew 22:34-40; Luke 20:39.)28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving13 that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments Isaiah , 14 Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 12:28-44

the First Commandment Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one’s neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring choice, first to Deuteronomy 6:4-5 , and then to Leviticus 19:18 , for the two pillars on which the collective and individual life of man must rest. The reverent answer of the scribe proves that he was no ordinary questioner; and our Lord acknowledged this when He told him that a few steps more would bring him into the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:1-44

In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." These words would seem to intimate that the rejection of the Saviour by these rulers of the people was more a sin against light than we sometimes imagine. They had a clear comprehension of what He meant, but they set their hearts and wills against Him. A coalition of religion and politics, Pharisees... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:28-31

‘THE DOUBLE COMMANDMENT Which is the first commandment of all?… Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.… Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:28-Obadiah : We have in these words a master instance of interpretation and fulfilment. Our Lord borrows, and there is stress on the fact that He borrows, from the Old Scriptures, for He is come not to destroy but to fulfil. I. The command, though old, is still new: new by new proportion and emphasis, and by disentanglement from much else that... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 12:29-31

THE LINK BETWEEN THE TWO COMMANDMENTS‘The first of all the commandments is … And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’ Mark 12:29-Obadiah : Let us think together of three bonds of likeness between the first and the second commandment. The second commandment is like unto the first. I. Both are laid upon us all by the same authority, with the same emphatic necessity.—Just as we are all bound by the first commandment, so are we all, without exception, bound... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-44

Jesus Deals With The Final Challenges With Which The Jews Seek To Entrap Him (12:13-44). In this last part of Section 4 Jesus is faced with attempts to entrap and discredit Him. They come from various sources, the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees, and a Scribe. In each case He emerges having confounded His adversaries. The picture is of Jesus against the establishment, because the establishment have all gone astray. Analysis. a The question of payment of tribute, and the need to give... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:28-34

The Approving Pharisee and The Law of Love (12:28-34). The idea that God is the living God now leads on to an incident which demonstrates that at least one Rabbi was prepared to give genuine credit to Jesus and even to learn from Him. It showed that not all Rabbis were necessarily in the same mould (compare Acts 5:34 on). Matthew suggests that he was sent by a group of Pharisees who had come together to see if they could do better than the Sadducees (Matthew 22:34). He would not be the first... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:29-31

‘Jesus answered, “The first is, hear Oh Israel, The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.” ’ Jesus answered willingly by turning men’s eyes back on God, and to the Scriptures. While He saw the whole Law of God as the word of God (Mark 7:13) He was not hidebound... read more

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