Matthew 22:34-40

English Standard Version

The Great Commandment

³⁴^(A)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^(B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵^(C)And one of them, ^(D)a lawyer, asked him a question ^(E)to test him. ³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷And he said to him, ^(F)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹And ^(G)a second is like it: ^(H)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰^(I)On these two commandments depend ^(J)all the Law and the Prophets.”

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Matthew 22:34-40

New International Version

The Greatest Commandment^(A)

³⁴Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,^(B) the Pharisees got together. ³⁵One of them, an expert in the law,^(C) tested him with this question: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(D) ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]^(E) ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”^(F)