Matthew 22:36
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
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Matthew 22:36
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
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Matthew 22:37
Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:38
This is the first and great commandment.
Matthew 22:39
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:40
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Mark 12:28
One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
Mark 12:29
Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Mark 12:30
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:31
The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:32
The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he;
Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:34
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.
Luke 10:27
He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
Hebrews 8:10
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
Matthew 22:35
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
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Matthew 5:18
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
Matthew 5:19
Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach; for you aren’t partial to anyone.
Matthew 22:17
Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Matthew 22:24
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 24:3
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
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Matthew 19:16
Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
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1 Timothy 1:5
But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,
Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:10
Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Galatians 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 15:12
“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
1 John 3:23
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
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Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
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