Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
Darby Translation
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 shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
41And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.
1 Timothy 1:5But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that 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 →