the first commandment is this love the lord
In Mark, when asked ``which is the great commandment in the law?'', the Greek New Testament reports that Jesus answered, ``Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God, The Lord is One; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind'', before also referring to a second commandment, ``Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'' Most Christian denominations consider these two commandments the core of the Christian religion.
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