Matthew 22:34-40

The Greatest Commandment

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]

38 This is the first and greatest commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]

40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 4:1
• 2. Luke 7:30; Luke 10:25; Luke 11:45; Luke 14:3
• 3. Deuteronomy 6:5
• 4. Leviticus 19:18; S Matthew 5:43; Matthew 19:19; Galatians 5:14
• 5. Matthew 7:12; Luke 10:25-28

Footnotes

• [a] Deut. 6:5
• [b] Lev. 19:18