Matthew 22:36

Verse 36 of 46. The 22nd of 28 chapters in Matthew, in The Gospels.

32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

34But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38This is the first and great commandment.

39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:36 in the World English Bible

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

Here is a discourse which Christ had with a Pharisee-lawyer, about the great commandment of the law. Observe,

Pray Matthew 22:36 with someone reading it aloud.

King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.