Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the law, and the prophets.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
41Now the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus interrogated them, saying,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.
1 Timothy 1:5But the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and non-hypocritical faith.
1 John 4:7Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:35-41
The Substance of the Commandments. 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as… Read the whole commentary →