Matthew 22:38

This is the greatest and foremost Commandment.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

This is the first and great commandment.

In Context

37"`Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "`with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.'

39And the second is similar to it: `Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'

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Cross References

John 13:17If you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.

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 →

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