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Matthew 22:34-46
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LOVE GOD, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Passage:
Matthew 22:34-40
Key verse: 37
NIV
The Greatest Commandment(A)
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(B) the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,(C) 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](D) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](E) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(F)
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
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ESV
The Great Commandment
34 (A)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced (B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 (C)And one of them, (D)a lawyer, asked him a question (E)to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, (F)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And (G)a second is like it: (H)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 (I)On these two commandments depend (J)all the Law and the Prophets.”
Read full chapterCross references
- Matthew 22:34 : For ver. 34-40, see Mark 12:28-33
- Matthew 22:34 : ver. 23
- Matthew 22:35 : [Luke 10:25-28]
- Matthew 22:35 : See Luke 7:30
- Matthew 22:35 : ver. 18
- Matthew 22:37 : Luke 10:27; Cited from Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 : [1 John 4:21]
- Matthew 22:39 : Cited from Lev. 19:18; See ch. 19:19
- Matthew 22:40 : [Rom. 13:8, 10]
- Matthew 22:40 : ch. 7:12; [Gal. 5:14]
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1. Love God (34-38)
When the lawyer asked Jesus, 'Which is the greatest commandment?' Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5. The first and greatest commandment is to Love God with all one's heart and soul and mind. God is our Creator. He made us for his own glory. He wants to be first in our affections, first in our decisions and first in our commitments. St. Augustine said, 'Love God and do as you please.' If we truly love God, then our greatest joy is to please him.
2. Love your neighbor (39-40)
Jesus quoted Leviticus 19:18, and added the second commandment. Some people think: 'If I love God with all my heart, then there isn't room for anyone else.' But spiritual mathematics doesn't work like this. If one loves God, then he is enabled to love others rightly. If one does not love God, then he only loves himself.
Prayer: Lord, fill me with your love. Help me to love Jesus first, others next and myself last.
One Word: Love God with all your heart
