Matthew 22:40
"On those two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39"The second, which is like it, is this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
41Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put this question to them.
Cross References
Matthew 7:12"Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the exhortation is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and an undissembled faith.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loves us a child of 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 →