Matthew 22:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 7:12 : 12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
  • Rom 13:9 : 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.
  • 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God. 8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love. 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins. 11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
  • 1 John 4:19-21 : 19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us. 20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen? 21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
  • John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 3:19-21 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;
  • 1 Tim 1:5 : 5 But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 22:35-39
    5 verses
    84%

    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?

    37 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.

    38 This is the first and greatest rule.

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

  • Mark 12:28-31
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Rom 13:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8 Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

    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.

    10 Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Gal 5:14
    75%

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

  • Luke 10:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Mark 12:33
    73%

    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.

  • Matt 22:41
    73%

    41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

  • Matt 7:12
    72%

    12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • Jas 2:8
    70%

    8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

  • Luke 18:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Deut 6:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    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 5:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

    18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

    19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

  • Mark 10:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • John 15:12
    68%

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

  • John 15:17
    67%

    17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.

  • Deut 32:46
    67%

    46 Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.

  • Jas 2:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10 For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

    11 For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

  • Matt 5:43
    66%

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

  • Luke 16:17
    66%

    17 But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

  • Prov 6:21
    66%

    21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

  • Luke 24:44
    66%

    44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

  • John 14:15
    65%

    15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

  • Luke 11:42
    65%

    42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

  • John 13:34-35
    2 verses
    65%

    34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

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

  • Deut 11:22
    65%

    22 For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:

  • Lev 22:31
    65%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

  • Gal 6:2
    65%

    2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • Matt 11:13
    65%

    13 For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

  • John 15:10
    65%

    10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

  • Matt 23:2
    64%

    2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;