Matthew 22:40
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And a second like it is this: ‘Yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.’
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12“Therefore whatever you wish that others would do to you, do the same also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born 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 →