LOVING GOD

Matthew 22:34-40
New International Version (NIV)

The Greatest Commandment

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got
together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this
question: 36 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?
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Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with your entire mind.[a] 38 This is the first and greatest
commandment. 39 And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as
yourself.[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.
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Matthew 22:34-40
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?

But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they
gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a
question, testing
Him,
and
saying, 36 Teacher,
which is the
great
commandment in the law?
34

Jesus said to him, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.[a] 38 This is the first and great
commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.[b] 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the
Prophets.
37

Deuteronomy 6:3-9
New International Version (NIV)

Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that
you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as
the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promisedyou.
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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.[a] 5 Love the LORD your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
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strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your

hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at
home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you
get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your
foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your
gates.
Deuteronomy 6:3-9
New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well
with you, and that you may multiply greatly as the LORD God of your fathers
has promised youa land flowing with milk and honey.[a]
3

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one![b] 5 You shall love
the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
strength.
4

And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You
shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you
sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when
you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of
your house and on your gates.
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