Matthew 22:37 · KJV
“This is the first and great commandment.”
— Matthew 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
And the second {is} like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22 — Context
Master, which {is} the great commandment in the law?
36Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
37This is the first and great commandment.
38And the second {is} like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
39On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Cross References
Mark 12:29-30
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments {is}, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Luke 10:27
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Deuteronomy 6:5
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Mark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love {his} neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
1 John 5:2-5
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Hebrews 10:16-17
This {is} the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;