Matthew 22:37-40

22:37 Jesus ¹  said to him, “‘Love ²  the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³  22:38 This is the first and greatest ⁴  commandment. 22:39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁵  22:40 All the law and the prophets depend ⁶  on these two commandments.”

[22:37]  ¹ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:37]  ² tn Grk “You will love.” The future indicative is used here with imperatival force (see ExSyn 452 and 569).

[22:37]  ³ 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.

[22:38]  ⁴ tn Grk “the great and first.”

[22:39]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[22:40]  ⁶ tn Grk “hang.” The verb κρεμάννυμι (kremannumi) is used here with a figurative meaning (cf. BDAG 566 s.v. 2.b).