Matthew 22:40
On these two commands hang the law and the prophets.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
41And while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you; so also do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.
1 John 4:7My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever 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 →