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Matthew 22:39 KJV
Matthew · chapter 22 · verse 39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Matthew 22:39 · King James Version
What Matthew 22:39 means
Like unto it is the phrase to notice. Jesus had been asked for one commandment and refuses to let the second stand apart from the first. As thyself sets the measure at something everybody already understands, so nobody needs the standard explained.
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Matthew 22:39 in context
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,
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Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourplēsiona neighbour, a friend, any other person, and where two are concerned, the other…G4139 →
- seconddeuterosthe second, the other of twoG1208 →
- likehomoioslike, similar, resembling, likeG3664 →
- loveagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
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