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Mark 12:30

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your life and with all your mind and with all your strength.

The Greek *psychēs* (ψυχῆς) is rendered "life" rather than the conventional "soul," consistent with the Pioneer Translation's treatment of nephesh/psychē as referring to one's living being rather than an immaterial soul. The fourfold construction — heart, life, mind, strength — preserves the exhaustive, all-encompassing force of the command as Jesus quotes the Shema in its expanded Markan form.

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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.’

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