Matthew 22:34-40
Evangelical Heritage Version
Love God and Your Neighbor
34 When they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees met together. 35 One of them who was an expert in the law asked him a question, trying to trap him. 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend[c] on these two commandments.”
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Matthew 22:34-40
Lexham English Bible
The Greatest Commandment
34 Now when[a] the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same place.[b] 35 And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to him[c] to test him: 36 “Teacher, which commandment is greatest in the law?” 37 And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[d] 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[e] 40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
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- Matthew 22:34 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 22:34 Or “they assembled together”
- Matthew 22:35 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 22:37 A quotation from Deut 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 A quotation from Lev 19:18
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