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Mark 12:32 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Mark 12:32 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 12 verse 32 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:”
Mark 12:32 (KJV)
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Commentary on Mark 12:32
The scribe's response—Well, Master, thou hast said the truth—affirms Jesus' authority as a teacher (διδάσκαλε, didaskale = 'teacher' or 'master'). His declaration there is one God; and there is none other but he echoes the Shema's radical monotheism from Deuteronomy 6:4. In a polytheistic Greco-Roman world where Caesar claimed divinity and provincial cults proliferated, this confession was countercultural and politically dangerous.The scribe's emphatic statement—οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν αὐτοῦ (ouk estin allos plēn autou, 'there is no other except him')—uses double negation for rhetorical force. Th...
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Cross-References for Mark 12:32
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“and lay it to your heart”
“and there is none else; [I am] God”
“that you might know that Yahweh he is God; there is none else besides him.”
“and there is none else. Besides me”
“the God who formed the earth and made it”
“The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:,And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:,,,,,,,,”
“Thou shalt have none other gods before me.”
“Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
“neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago”