Matthew 22:38
This is the commandment, the great and the first.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
This is the first and great commandment.
In Context
39And the second is like unto it, That thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Cross References
John 13:17If these you know, 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 →