Matthew 19:19

19:19 honor your father and mother, ¹  and love your neighbor as yourself.” ² 

Matthew 22:39

22:39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ³ 

Matthew 5:43

Love for Enemies

5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ ⁴  and ‘hate your enemy.’

Matthew 22:37

22:37 Jesus ⁵  said to him, “‘Love ⁶  the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ⁷ 

[19:19]  ¹ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20.

[19:19]  ² sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[22:39]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[5:43]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[22:37]  ⁷ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:37]  ⁸ tn Grk “You will love.” The future indicative is used here with imperatival force (see ExSyn 452 and 569).

[22:37]  ⁹ 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.