Luk 10:27 | NETfull | STEP | The expert answered, “ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind , and love your neighbor as yourself .”

Luke 10:27

27 The expert ^{▼▼ Grk “And he”; the referent (the expert in religious law, shortened here to “the expert”) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.} answered, “ Love ^{▼▼ Grk “You will love.” The future indicative is used here with imperatival force (see ExSyn 452 and 569).} the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind , ^{▼▼ A quotation from Deut 6:5. The fourfold reference to different parts of the person says, in effect, that one should love God with all one’s being.} and love your neighbor as yourself .” ^{▼▼ This portion of the reply is a quotation from Lev 19:18. The verb is repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.}