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Matthew 22:40

on these — the two commands — all the law and the prophets do hang.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

In Context

39and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

41And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

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Cross References

Matthew 7:12'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

1 Timothy 1:5And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

1 John 4:7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know 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 →

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