Matthew 22:40
“On these two Commandements hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
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Matthew 22:40 Context
38This is the first and great Commandement. 39And the second is like vnto it, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. 40On these two Commandements hang all the Law and the Prophets. 41¶ While the Pharises were gathered together, Iesus asked them, 42Saying, What thinke yee of Christ? whose sonne is hee? They say vnto him, The sonne of Dauid.
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On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- King James Version
"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
- American Standard Version (1901)
On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
- Basic English Bible
On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.
- Darby Bible
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
- Webster's Bible
The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments."
- Weymouth Bible
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
- World English Bible
In these twey maundementis hangith al the lawe and the profetis.
- Wycliffe Bible
on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'
- Youngs Literal Bible