Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39There is a second like it: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
41And while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12All things, then, whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law saith, it saith to those who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become subject to condemnation before God.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the commandment is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned;
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; for love is from God, and every one that loveth hath been 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 →