Matthew 22:39
37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- KJV
- And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- WEB
- A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- ASV
- And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
- DARBY
- And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- BLB
- And the second [is] like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- ÅB
- Men det er et annet som er like stort: Du skal elske din neste som deg selv.
- OTB
- Og det andre er likt det: 'Du skal elske din neste som deg selv.'
- B1930
- Men det er et annet som er like så stort: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 12:31
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Read in contextLuke 10:27–37
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextRomans 13:9–10
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read in contextGalatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Read in contextMatthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in contextRomans 15:2
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Read in contextJames 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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