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Matthew 22:35-37
New English Translation
Matthew 22:35-37
New English Translation
35 And one of them, an expert in religious law,[a] asked him a question to test[b] him: 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”[c] 37 Jesus[d] said to him, “‘Love[e] the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[f]
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- Matthew 22:35 tn Traditionally, “a lawyer.” This was an expert in the interpretation of the Mosaic law.
- Matthew 22:35 tn Grk “testing.” The participle, however, is telic in force.
- Matthew 22:36 tn Or possibly “What sort of commandment in the law is great?”
- 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 22:35-37
New International Version
Matthew 22:35-37
New International Version
35 One of them, an expert in the law,(A) tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](B)
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- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
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