Time after Pentecost · Proper 26 · Year B
Mark 12:28-37
The Greatest Commandment
October 31, 2027
Overview & Insights
"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." (Mark 12:30)
A scribe asks Jesus which commandment is first, and Jesus joins loving God with all one's being to loving the neighbor as oneself. He then puzzles the crowd by asking how the Messiah can be both David's son and the Lord whom David calls Lord.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 12:28-34 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the greatest commandment.
Enduring Word: Mark 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Mark 12 Commentary Precept Austin
Study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 12.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 12:28 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the question about the first commandment.
StudyLight: Mark 12 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on Mark 12 gathered on one passage page.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Mark Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Mark's structure and themes.
BibleProject: Gospel of Mark Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.
BibleHub: Mark 12 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 12.
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