“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 22:36 in context
Matthew 22:33–39
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When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
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But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
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One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
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Selected verse
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
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Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
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This is the first and great commandment.
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A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
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