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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:34 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 22:34 Or “they assembled together”
  3. Matthew 22:35 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 22:37 A quotation from Deut 6:5
  5. Matthew 22:39 A quotation from Lev 19:18

34 Now de when the ho Pharisees Pharisaios heard akouō that hoti he had silenced phimoō the ho Sadducees Saddoukaios, they met synagō together epi ho · ho 35 and kai one heis of ek them autos, an expert nomikos in the law , wanted to test peirazō him autos, and asked eperōtaō, 36  Teacher didaskalos, which poios is the greatest megas commandment entolē in en the ho law nomos?” 37 And de he ho said phēmi to him autos, “‘ You shall love agapaō the Lord kyrios · ho your sy God theos with en all holos · ho your sy heart kardia, · kai with en all holos · ho your sy soul psychē, and kai with en all holos · ho your sy mind dianoia.’ 38 This houtos is eimi the ho greatest megas and kai first prōtos commandment entolē. 39 And de a second deuteros is like homoios it autos, ‘ You shall love agapaō · ho your sy neighbor plēsion as hōs yourself seautou.’ 40 On en these houtos · ho two dyo commandments entolē depends kremannymi the ho whole holos Law nomos and kai the ho Prophets prophētēs.”

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