What does Mark 12:30 mean?
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’”
Quick answer
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart… soul… mind and… strength’—the greatest commandment calls for whole-life devotion.
What it means
Jesus names this the first commandment: complete love for God involving every part of our being.
Heart, soul, mind, and strength together mean nothing is held back—love for God claims all of us.
Common questions
Why list heart, soul, mind, and strength?
To show that love for God is total—engaging our emotions, will, thinking, and energy, not just part of life.
Keep exploring
Original BibleDawn explanation · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.