The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:34–40; Mark 12:28–34)
1 Brenton And these are the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, as many as the Lord our God gave commandment to teach you to do so in the land on which ye enter to inherit it. BSB BSB: These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
2 Brenton That ye may fear the Lord your God, keep ye all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command thee to-day, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, all the days of thy life, that ye may live many days. BSB BSB: so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
3 Brenton Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do them, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord God of thy fathers said that he would give thee a land flowing with milk and honey: and these are the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt. BSB BSB: Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
5 Brenton And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength. BSB BSB: And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
6 Brenton And these words, all that I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart and in thy soul. BSB BSB: These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
7 Brenton And thou shalt teach them to thy children, and thou shalt speak of them sitting in the house, and walking by the way, and lying down, and rising up. BSB BSB: And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
8 Brenton And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes. BSB BSB: Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
9 Brenton And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates. BSB BSB: Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
10 Brenton And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and beautiful cities which thou didst not build, BSB BSB: And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
11 Brenton houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled, BSB BSB: with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
12 Brenton beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. BSB BSB: be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
13 Brenton Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve; and thou shalt cleave to him, and by his name thou shalt swear. BSB BSB: Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
14 Brenton Go ye not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you; BSB BSB: Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
15 Brenton for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. BSB BSB: For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
16 Brenton Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation. BSB BSB: Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
17 Brenton Thou shalt by all means keep the commands of the Lord thy God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded thee. BSB BSB: You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
18 Brenton And thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord sware to your fathers, BSB BSB: Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
19 Brenton to chase all thine enemies from before thy face, as the Lord said. BSB BSB: driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
Teach Your Children 20 Brenton And it shall come to pass when thy son shall ask thee at a future time, saying, What are the testimonies, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded us? BSB BSB: In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
21 Brenton Then shalt thou say to thy son, We were slaves to Pharao in the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought us forth thence with a mighty hand, and with a high arm. BSB BSB: then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 Brenton And the Lord wrought signs and great and grievous wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and on his house before us. BSB BSB: Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
23 Brenton And he brought us out thence to give us this land, which he sware to give to our fathers. BSB BSB: But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
24 Brenton And the Lord charged us to observe all these ordinances; to fear the Lord our God, that it may be well with us for ever, that we may live, as even to-day. BSB BSB: And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
25 Brenton And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. BSB BSB: And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
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