Matthew 22:38

36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

37 Jesus said to him, ^a“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it: ^a‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

40 ^aOn these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?

41 ^aWhile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “The ^aSon of David.”

43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Matthew 22:38

This is the first and great commandment - It is so,

1.In its antiquity, being as old as the world, and engraven originally on our very nature.

2.In dignity; as directly and immediately proceeding front and referring to God.

3.In excellence; being the commandment of the new covenant, and the very spirit of the Divine adoption.

4.In justice; because it alone renders to God his due, prefers him before all things, and secures to him his proper rank in relation to them.

5.In sufficiency; being in itself capable of making men holy in this life, and happy in the other.

6.In fruitfulness; because it is the root of all commandments, and the fulfilling of the law.

7.In virtue and efficacy; because by this alone God reigns in the heart of man, and man is united to God.

8.In extent; leaving nothing to the creature, which it does not refer to the Creator.

9.In necessity; being absolutely indispensable.

10.In duration; being ever to be continued on earth, and never to be discontinued in heaven.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 22:38:

Exodus 20:1
Deuteronomy 6:4
Deuteronomy 6:5
Matthew 22:46
Matthew 22:46
Luke 10:27

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