MARK 12:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices — the scribe's application — love is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices — draws on Hosea 6:6 (I desire mercy, not sacrifice) and the prophetic tradition's consistent emphasis that external religious performance without internal reality is worthless. The scribe is not dismissing the sacrificial system but correctly ranking it: love is the substance, sacrifice is the form.
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