The Greatest Commandment

Tyndale New Testament

Mat 22:34–40

34 When the Pharises had hearde how that he had put the Saduces to silence they drewe to gedder
35 and one of them which was a doctoure of lawe axed a question temptinge him and sayinge:
36 Master which is the chefe commaundment in the lawe?
37 Iesus sayde vnto him: love the Lorde thy God with all thine herte with all thy soule and with all thy mynde.
38 This is the fyrst and the chefe comaundement.
39 And ther is another lyke vnto this. Love thyne neghbour as thy selfe.
40 In these two commaundemetes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes.

28 And ther came one of the scribes that had hearde them disputynge to gedder and perceaved that he had answered them well and axed him: Which is the fyrste of all the commaundemetes?
29 Iesus answered him: the fyrste of all the comaundementes is. Heare Israel: The Lorde God is one Lorde.
30 And thou shalt love the Lorde thy God with all thy hert and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with all thy strength. This is the fyrste commaundement.
31 And the seconde is lyke vnto this: Thou shalt love thy neghbour as thy silfe. Ther is none other commaundement greater then these.
32 And the Scribe sayde vnto him: well master thou hast sayd the truthe that ther ys one God and that ther is none but he.
33 And to love him with all the herte and with all the mynde and with all the soule and with all the stregth: and to love a mans neghbour as him silfe ys a greater thinge then all burntofferings and sacrifices.
34 And when Iesus sawe that he answered discretly he sayde vnto him: Thou arte not farre from the kyngdome of God. And no man after that durst axe him eny question.