MATTHEW 22:37

love the Lord your God with all your heart

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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Jesus says this is The first and greatest commandment: to love God with all of our heart, soul and mind.

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“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.

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Matthew 22:37 Translation & Meaning

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Jesus Ἰησοῦς Jesus (i.e., Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites Jesus
said εἶπεν To speak or say (by word or writing) said
unto him, αὐτῷ, The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons unto him
Thou shalt love Ἀγαπήσεις To love (in a social or moral sense) love
the Lord κύριον Supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title) Lord
thy σου Of thee, thy thy
God θεόν A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God
with ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc with
all ὅλῃ "whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb all
thy σου Of thee, thy thy
heart, καρδίᾳ The heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle heart
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
with ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc with
all ὅλῃ "whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb all
thy σου Of thee, thy thy
soul, ψυχῇ Breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) soul
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
with ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc with
all ὅλῃ "whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb all
thy σου· Of thee, thy thy
mind. διανοίᾳ Deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise mind

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  • 35  Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

  • 36  Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

  • 37  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.

  • 38  This is the first and great commandment.

  • 39  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.




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