The Greatest Commandment

Matthew 22:37

In 9 translations

BSB: Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’Deuteronomy 6:5
KJV: 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.
WEB: Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
ASV: 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.
LSV: And Jesus said to him, “You will love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your understanding—
YLT: 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 —
DBY: And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.Elohim
DRC: Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
GNV: Iesus sayd to him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἔφη (“was saying”); Textus Receptus read εἶπεν (“said”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus include τῇ (“the”); Westcott–Hort, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include τῇ (“the”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Ἰησοῦς (“Jesus”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont add Ἰησοῦς.
SBLGNT: ⸀τῇ. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸀τῇ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
SBLGNT: ⸁τῇ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ⸁τῇ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ὁ δὲ ἔφη αὐτῷ· Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου·
RP2018: Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἔφη αὐτῷ, Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου, ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ σου, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ σου, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου.
TR-Boyd: Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀγαπήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου, ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου.
SCR1894: ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτω αγαπησεις κυριον τον θεον σου εν ολη τη καρδια σου και εν ολη τη ψυχη σου και εν ολη τη διανοια σου

Who and where

👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ◆ Holy Week◆ Debates in the Temple

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Heart Love Commandments, the Ten Commandment; Commandments Decalogue Commandment, the New Mind Neighbor Duty Ethics of Jesus

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Mark 12:29–30Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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.’”
Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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,
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.”
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.
1 John 5:2–5By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, because everyone born…
Hebrews 10:16–17“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.” Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
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.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).