Leviticus 19:18
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18 Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.(A)
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Deuteronomy 6:5
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5 Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength.(A)
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Deuteronomy 10:12
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The Lord’s Majesty and Compassion. 12 (A)Now, therefore, Israel, what does the Lord, your God, ask of you but to fear the Lord, your God, to follow in all his ways, to love and serve the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and with your whole being,(B)
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Joshua 22:5
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5 But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you: love the Lord, your God,(A) follow him in all his ways, keep his commandments, hold fast to him, and serve him with your whole heart and your whole self.”
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Matthew 19:19
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19 honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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Matthew 22:37-39
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37 (A)He said to him,[a] “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 (B)The second is like it:[b] You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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- 22:37–38 Cf. Dt 6:5. Matthew omits the first part of Mark’s fuller quotation (Mk 12:29; Dt 6:4–5), probably because he considered its monotheistic emphasis needless for his church. The love of God must engage the total person (heart, soul, mind).
- 22:39 Jesus goes beyond the extent of the question put to him and joins to the greatest and the first commandment a second, that of love of neighbor, Lv 19:18; see note on Mt 19:18–19. This combination of the two commandments may already have been made in Judaism.
Romans 13:9
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9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, [namely] “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)
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Galatians 5:14
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14 For the whole law(A) is fulfilled in one statement, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]
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- 5:14 Lv 19:18, emphasized by Jesus (Mt 22:39; Lk 10:27); cf. Rom 13:8–10.
James 2:8
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8 However, if you fulfill the royal[a] law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.(A)
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