Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
41And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is charity, from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.
1 John 4:7Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth 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 →