Matthew 22:37

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“Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”

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Jesus names the greatest commandment: love God with all your heart, soul, and mind—wholehearted devotion to God above all.

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BSBPD

“Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 22:37 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  2. Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
  3. Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
  4. Mark 12:29Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
  5. Mark 12:33and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  6. Luke 10:27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
  7. Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  8. Hebrews 10:16“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
  9. 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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