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Matthew 22:38

This is the most important and greatest commandment.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

This is the first and great commandment.

In Context

37Jesus said to him, “ ‘Yoʋ shall love the Lord yoʋr God with all yoʋr heart, with all yoʋr soul, and with all yoʋr mind.’

39And a second like it is this: ‘Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.’

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Cross References

John 13:17Now that you know these things, you are blessed 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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