Matthew 22:40
On these two commandments, the whole law and the prophets depend.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And the second is like to it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”
41The Pharisees being then assembled, Jesus put a question to them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.
1 Timothy 1:5For the end of the commandment is love out of a clean heart, and good conscience, and faith unfeigned:
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is 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 →