Matthew 22:34-40
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The Greatest Commandment
34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him.(A) 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 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.’(B) 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’(C) 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”(D)
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Matthew 22:34-40
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The Primary Commands
34 When(A) the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35 And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him:(B) 36 “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”[a]
37 He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.(C)[b] 38 This is the greatest and most important[c] command. 39 The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.(D)[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets depend[e] on these two commands.”(E)
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- Matthew 22:36 Lit is great
- Matthew 22:37 Dt 6:5
- Matthew 22:38 Lit and first
- Matthew 22:39 Lv 19:18
- Matthew 22:40 Or hang
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