The Greatest Commandment

Wycliffe's Bible (Modern Spelling)

Mat 22:34–40

34 And the Pharisees heard that he had put silence to Sadducees, and came together.
35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, asked Jesus, and tempted him,
36 Master, which is a great command-ment in the law?
37 Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love thy Lord God or the Lord thy God, of all thine heart, and in all thy soul, and in all thy mind.
38 This is the first and the most commandment.
39 And the second is like to this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 In these two commandments hangeth all the law and the prophets.

28 And one of the scribes, that had heard them disputing together, came nigh, and saw that Jesus had well-answered them or had answered them well, and asked him, which was the first commandment of all.
29 And Jesus answered to him, That the first commandment of all is, Hear thou, Israel, thy Lord God is one God or the Lord thy God is one God;
30 and thou shalt love thy Lord God or the Lord thy God of all thine heart, and of all thy soul, and of all thy mind, and of all thy might, or strength. This is the first command-ment.
31 And the second is like to this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy-self. There is none other command-ment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him, Master, in truth thou hast well said; for one God is, and there is none other, except him;
33 and that he be loved of all the heart, and of all the mind, and of all the understanding, and of all the soul, and of all the strength, and to love the neighbour as himself, is greater or is more, than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And then no man durst ask him more anything.