Matthew 22:40
In these two commandments hangeth all the law and the prophets.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
In Context
39And the second is like to this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
41And when the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Cross References
Matthew 7:12Therefore all things, whatever things ye will that men do to you, do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets. (And so everything, whatever ye want or desire people to do for you, do that for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.)
Romans 3:19And we know, that whatever things the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that be in the law, (so) that each mouth be stopped, and each world be made subject to God.
1 Timothy 1:5For the end of the commandment is (the) charity of (a) clean heart, and good conscience, and of faith not feigned. (For the goal of this command is the love of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and true and sincere faith.)
1 John 4:7Most dear brethren, love we together, for charity is of God; and each that loveth his brother, is born of God, and knoweth God. (Most dear brothers, love one another, for love is from God; and each one who loveth his brother, is born of God, or is a child 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 →