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Matthew 22:38

This is the great first commandment.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

This is the first and great commandment.

In Context

37His answer was, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

39The second, which is like it, is this – You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.

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Cross References

John 13:17Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

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 →

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