King James Version

Mark 12:31

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before [The] second here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “like” (ὁμοία) before this here.

δευτέραdeuterasecondδεύτερος (deuteros)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “second”, the subject formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.This verse uses “second”.the secondαὕτηhautēnamely thisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “namely this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.namely thisἈγαπήσειςagapēseisThou shalt loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Thou shalt love”, an action still aheadG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.Thou shalt loveτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πλησίονplēsionneighbourπλησίονadverb — “neighbour”G4139near, nearby, a neighbor.neighbourσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asσεαυτόνseautonyourselfσεαυτοῦ (seautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the object formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyselfμείζωνmeizōngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, feminine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.τούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἄλληallēotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “other”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “other”.otherἐντολὴentolēcommandmentἐντολήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the subject formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.commandmentοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἔστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁμοίαhomoiais likeὅμοιος (homoios)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “is like”, the subject formG3664like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank.This verse uses “like”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the second [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — greater than these there is no other command.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the second [is] like [it], this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; — greater than these there is no other command.'

World English Bible

The second is like this : ‘ You shall love your neighbor as yourself .’ There is no other commandment greater than these .”

Darby Translation

And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

Douay-Rheims

And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Quotes

Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 19:18 · King James VersionThou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.Leviticus 19:18 · King James VersionOpen the Source
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

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