Matthew 22:37

Matthew 22:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Context of Matthew 22:37

35One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking, 36“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in Moses’ Teachings?” Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the greatest and most important commandment. 39The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’

Matthew 22:37 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἔφη αὐτῷ· ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Thou shalt loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• mindδιάνοιαdianoia · mindG1271

Cross-references for Matthew 22:37

• Deuteronomy 6:5Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Deuteronomy 10:12Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will live.
• Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.
• Luke 10:27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ”
• Romans 8:7This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.
• Hebrews 10:16“This is the promise that I will make to them after those days, says the Lord: ‘I will put my teachings in their hearts and write them in their minds.’ ”
• 1 John 5:2We know that we love God’s children when we love God by obeying his commandments.

Commentaries on Matthew 22:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Thou shalt love the Lord - This is a subject of the greatest importance, and should be well understood, as our Lord shows that the whole of true religion is comprised in thus loving God and our neighbor. It may not be unnecessary to inquire into the literal meaning of the word love. , from , I love, is supposed to be compounded either of and , to act vehemently or intensely; or, from , because love is always active, and will act in every possible way; for…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34-40Verses 34-40 Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34. Matthew 22:34 The Pharisees … were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-40Verses 34-40 An interpreter of the law asked our Lord a question, to try, not so much his knowledge, as his judgment. The love of God is the first and great commandment, and the sum of all the commands of the first table. Our love of God must be sincere, not in word and tongue only. All our love is too little to bestow upon him, therefore all the powers of the soul must be engaged for him, and carried out toward him. To love our neighbour as ourselves, is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37Jesus answers using the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4–9), a key statement of God's covenant with Israel. The first Hebrew word in Deuteronomy 6:4–9 is shema‘, meaning "hear!"Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 22:37

• Commandments
• Decalogue
• Duty
• Heart
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Quotations and Allusions
• Religion

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Commentaries on Matthew 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings