Matthew 22:37-39

New English Translation

³⁷Jesus^[a] said to him, “‘Love^[b] the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’^[c] ³⁸This is the first and greatest^[d] commandment. ³⁹The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[e]

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Footnotes

Matthew 22:37 tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
Matthew 22:37 tn Grk “You will love.” The future indicative is used here with imperatival force (see ExSyn 452 and 569).
Matthew 22:37 sn A quotation from Deut 6:5. The threefold reference to different parts of the person says, in effect, that one should love God with all one’s being.
Matthew 22:38 tn Grk “the great and first.”
Matthew 22:39 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

Matthew 22:37-39

New International Version

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(A) ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]^(B)