KJV King James Version
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
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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—
Surrounding context — Matthew 22
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
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.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἔφηG5346 · phēmito assertαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heἀγαπήσειςG25 · agapaōto loveκύριονG2962 · kurioslord: GodτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεόνG2316 · theosGodσουG4771 · suyouἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongὅλῃG3650 · holosallτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαρδίᾳG2588 · kardiaheartσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongὅλῃG3650 · holosallτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoψυχῇG5590 · psuchēsoulσουG4771 · suyouκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongὅλῃG3650 · holosallτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιανοίᾳG1271 · dianoiamindσου.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Mark 12:29-30And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:Luke 10:27And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.1 John 5:2-5By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.Hebrews 10:16-17This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
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