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ഉല്പത്തി 9:15

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15 അപ്പോള്‍ ഞാനും നിങ്ങളും സര്‍വ്വജഡവുമായ സകലജീവജന്തുക്കളും തമ്മിലുള്ള എന്റെ നിയമം ഞാന്‍ ഔര്‍ക്കും; ഇനി സകല ജഡത്തെയും നശിപ്പിപ്പാന്‍ വെള്ളം ഒരു പ്രളയമായി തീരുകയുമില്ല.

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Arcana Coelestia #1018

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1018. The reason why the statement found in verse 1 of this chapter 'be fruitful and multiply' is repeated here is that the conclusion is reached at this point. This statement means that everything will go well and will bear fruit and multiply if people refrain from what is meant by 'eating blood' and by 'shedding blood', that is to say, if they do not destroy charity by acts of hatred and profanation.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Mark 12:28-34

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28 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"

29 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.

31 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.