34 (A)[a]But when the Pharisees had heard, that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together.

35 And [b]one of them, which was an expounder of the Law, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?

37 Jesus said to him, (B)Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy [c]soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and the great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto this, (C)Thou shalt love thy [d]neighbor as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hangeth the whole Law and the Prophets.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:34 The Gospel doth not abolish the precepts of the Law, but doth rather confirm them.
  2. Matthew 22:35 A scribe, so saith Mark 12:28, now what a scribe is, see Matt. 2:4.
  3. Matthew 22:37 The Hebrew text readeth, Deut. 6:5, with thine heart, soul, and strength: and in Mark 12:30 and Luke 10:27 we read with soul, heart, strength and thought.
  4. Matthew 22:39 Another man.

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