Matthew 22:37-40
“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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
What does Matthew 22:37-40 mean?
Matthew 22:37-40 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "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. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour…
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In Matthew 22:37-40 we find Jesus distilling the essence of God’s commandments into two pivotal instructions: "Jesus replied, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the…
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O Holy and Eternal Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth, As I come before Thy presence, I am awed by the magnitude of Thy greatness and the boundless depths of Thy love. Thou art the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, and in Thee, I find my purpose and my being. In…
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