Matthew 22:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

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  • Deut 6:5 : 5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  • Luke 10:27 : 27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
  • Mark 12:29-30 : 29 Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; 30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
  • Mark 12:33 : 33 And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
  • Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
  • 1 John 5:2-5 : 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. 3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard. 4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith. 5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • Heb 10:16-17 : 16 This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said, 17 And I will keep no more memory of their sins and of their evil-doings.

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    28 And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

    29 Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

    30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

    31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

    32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

    33 And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

    34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

  • Luke 10:26-28
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    26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

    27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

    28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

  • Matt 22:38-40
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    38 This is the first and greatest rule.

    39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

    40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

  • Deut 6:4-6
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    4 Give ear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord:

    5 And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

    6 Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;

  • Matt 22:35-36
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    35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

    36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

  • Matt 19:16-21
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    16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

    17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

    18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

    20 The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

    21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

  • Mark 10:19-21
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    19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

    20 And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

    21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

  • Luke 18:20-22
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    20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

    21 And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

    22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

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    9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Deut 10:12
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    12 And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,

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    16 Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

  • Deut 11:13
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    13 And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

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    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • John 15:12
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    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

  • Luke 4:8
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    8 And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

  • Deut 11:1
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    1 So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

  • Deut 18:13
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    13 You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.

  • Josh 22:5
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    5 Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deut 30:10
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    10 If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deut 30:6
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    6 And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

  • Deut 5:7
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    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

  • Matt 10:37
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    37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

  • Deut 30:2
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    2 And your hearts are turned again to the Lord your God, and you give ear to his word which I give you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul:

  • Matt 4:10
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    10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

  • Luke 18:18
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    18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

  • Matt 5:43
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    43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

  • John 13:35
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    35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.