²⁸And one of the scribes came up and^* heard them debating. When he^* saw that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” ²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength.’^k ³¹The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’^l There is no other commandment greater than these.” ³²And the scribe said to him, “That is true, Teacher. You have said correctly^m that he is one and there is no other except him. ³³And to love him from yourⁿ whole heart and from your^o whole understanding and from your^p whole strength, and to love your^q neighbor as yourself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And Jesus, when he^* saw that he had answered thoughtfully, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to put a question to him any longer.

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
kA quotation from Deut 6:4–5; Josh 22:5
lA quotation from Lev 19:18
mLiterally “in accordance with truth”
nLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
oLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
pLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
qLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal