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Matthew 22:40
Study it in the app“On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 22:40, word by word
- twoδυσὶνdysin
two
Two.
Where else “dysin” appears- commandmentsἐντολαῖςentolais
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolais” appears- hangκρέματαιkrematai
hang
Hang, suspend; in the passive, hang on something, depend on it.
Where else “krematai” appears- the wholeὅλοςholos
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holos” appears- lawνόμοςnomos
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomos” appears- the prophetsπροφῆταιprophētai
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētai” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The greatest commandment
Luke 10 may be a different occasion.
See them side by side
Matthew 22:34-40
34But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in the same place. 35And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him: 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.”
28And one of the scribes came up, having heard them debating, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is first of all?” 29Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32And the scribe said to him, “Well said, Teacher; in truth you have said that he is one and there is no other besides him; 33and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.
25And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” 27And he answered and said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
The context
39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
40 · This verse (above)
41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
To study Matthew 22 in a group
1. What it says
Which commandment did Jesus say is the greatest, and which is the second (vv. 37–39)?
2. What it means
Why does Jesus say that all the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments (v. 40)?
3. How I live it
Jesus joined loving God with loving your neighbor (vv. 37–39). What will make your love for someone near you concrete today?