Mark 12:28
Good News Translation
A teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question: "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

New Revised Standard Version
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?”

Contemporary English Version
One of the teachers of the Law of Moses came up while Jesus and the Sadducees were arguing. When he heard Jesus give a good answer, he asked him, "What is the most important commandment?"

New American Bible
One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.

one.

Matthew 22:34-40 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together. . . .

Which.

Matthew 5:19 He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:18 He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint and anise and cummin and have left the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone.

Luke 11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Context
The Greatest Commandment
27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err. 28And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. 29And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together.

Mark 9:14
And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them and the scribes disputing with them.

Luke 10:25
And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

Luke 20:39
And some of the scribes answering, said to him: Master, thou hast said well.

Mark 12:27
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