Matthew 22:40
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
- KJV
- On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- WEB
- The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
- ASV
- On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
- DARBY
- On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
- BLB
- On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
- ÅB
- På disse to budene hviler hele loven og profetene.»
- OTB
- Disse to budene er grunnlaget for hele loven og profetene."
- B1930
- På disse to bud hviler hele loven og profetene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in contextMatthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Read in context1 John 4:19–21
We love him, because he first loved us.
Read in contextJames 2:8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Read in contextJohn 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Read in context1 John 4:7–11
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
Read in contextRomans 3:19–21
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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