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Mark 12:29

Jesus answered, "The first is: Hear, Israel — Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one."

The divine name *kyrios* (κύριος) appears twice in this quotation of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), standing in for the Hebrew YHWH in both positions; it is rendered "Jehovah" both times to preserve the identity and unity of the one God being affirmed. The word *heis* (εἷς), meaning "one," is placed emphatically at the end, reinforcing the strict monotheism of the Shema that Jesus here cites as the first and foundational commandment.

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Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Jesus answered, “The first one is, ‘Hear, Israel! The Lord our God is one lord,

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