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Matthew 22:37-40 KJV
Matthew · chapter 22 · verses 37–40
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.Matthew 22:37-40 · King James Version
What Matthew 22:37-40 means
A lawyer asked which commandment was greatest and Jesus gave him two. The second is like unto it does the work; he refuses to separate them. And hang is a structural word — the law and the prophets are suspended from these rather than merely summarised by them.
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Matthew 22:37-40 in context
35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
Cross references
- Mark 12:29-30
- Luke 10:27
- Deuteronomy 6:5
- Deuteronomy 10:12
- Mark 12:33
- Deuteronomy 30:6
- 1 John 5:2-5
- Hebrews 10:16-17
- Mark 12:31
- Luke 10:27-37
- Romans 13:9-10
- Leviticus 19:18
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsentolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- neighbourplēsiona neighbour, a friend, any other person, and where two are concerned, the other…G4139 →
- seconddeuterosthe second, the other of twoG1208 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- firstprōtosfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4413 →
- greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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