Mateo 19:19

19 honra a tu padre y a tu madre”,^[a] y “ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”^[b].

Mateo 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:19

Honour thy father and thy mother:
&c.] This, as it is the first commandment with promise, so the first of the second table, and yet is here mentioned last; which inversion of order is of no consequence: so the "seventh" command is put before the "sixth", and the "fifth" omitted, in ( Romans 13:9 ) and with the Jews it is a common

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 saying, (hrwtb rxwamw Mdqwm Nya) , "there is neither first nor last in the law": that is, it is of no consequence which commandment is recited first, or which last. Moreover, it looks as if it was usual to recite these commands in this order, since they are placed exactly in the same method, by a very noted Jewish ^F4 writer.

And thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
which is not a particular distinct command from the rest, or an explication of the tenth and last, not mentioned; but a recapitulation, or compendium, and abridgment of the whole, and is said to be a complement and fulfilling of the law; see ( Romans 13:9 ) ( Galatians 5:14 ) .

F3 T. Bab. Pesach. fol. 6. 2. Zohar in Num. fol. 61. 4.
F4 R. Sangari, Sepher Cosri, par. 3. sect. 11, fol. 146. 2.

Mateo 19:19 In-Context

17 —¿Por qué me preguntas sobre lo que es bueno? —respondió Jesús—. Solamente hay uno que es bueno. Si quieres entrar en la vida, obedece los mandamientos.

18 —¿Cuáles? —preguntó el hombre.Contestó Jesús:—“No mates, no cometas adulterio, no robes, no presentes falso testimonio,

19 honra a tu padre y a tu madre”, y “ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”.

20 —Todos esos los he cumplido —dijo el joven—. ¿Qué más me falta?

21 —Si quieres ser perfecto, anda, vende lo que tienes y dáselo a los pobres, y tendrás tesoro en el cielo. Luego ven y sígueme.

Footnotes

• [a]. Éx 20:12-16; Dt 5:16-20
• [b]. Lv 19:18