Matthew 22:40
In these two commandments, all the law, is contained, and the prophets.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39The second, like it, is, this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
41Now, the Pharisees having come together, Jesus questioned them, saying—
Cross References
Matthew 7:12Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,—for, this, is the law and the prophets.
Romans 3:19Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.
1 Timothy 1:5Now, the end of the charge, is love—out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,—
1 John 4:7Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand 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 →