Matthew 22:39
New International Version
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

New Living Translation
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

English Standard Version
And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Berean Standard Bible
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Berean Literal Bible
And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

King James Bible
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

New King James Version
And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

New American Standard Bible
The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

NASB 1995
“The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

NASB 1977
“The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

Legacy Standard Bible
And the second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

Amplified Bible
The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others].’

Christian Standard Bible
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

American Standard Version
And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And the second which is like it is, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

Contemporary English Version
The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, "Love others as much as you love yourself."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

English Revised Version
And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'

Good News Translation
The second most important commandment is like it: 'Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'

International Standard Version
The second is exactly like it: 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.'

Literal Standard Version
and the second [is] like to it: You will love your neighbor as yourself;

Majority Standard Bible
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

New American Bible
The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

NET Bible
The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

New Revised Standard Version
And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

New Heart English Bible
A second likewise is this, 'You are to love your neighbor as yourself.'

Webster's Bible Translation
And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Weymouth New Testament
And the second is similar to it: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'

World English Bible
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Young's Literal Translation
and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

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Context
The Greatest Commandment
38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”…

Cross References
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Matthew 22:38
This is the first and greatest commandment.

Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: "Love your neighbor as yourself."


Treasury of Scripture

And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Thou.

Matthew 19:19
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Mark 12:31
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

neighbour.

Luke 10:29-37
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? …

Romans 15:2
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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12. The punishment of him who lacked a wedding garment.
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23. Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;
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41. and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messiah.














(39) Thou shalt love thy neighbour.--The words were found, strangely enough, in the book which is, for the most part, pre-eminently ceremonial (Leviticus 19:18), and it is to the credit of the Pharisees, as ethical teachers, that they, too, had drawn the law, as our Lord now drew it, from its comparative obscurity, and gave it a place of dignity second only to that of the first and great commandment.

Verse 39. - The second. The scribe had not asked any question about a second commandment: but Christ is not satisfied with propounding an abstract proposition; he shows how this great precept is to be made practical, how one command involves and leads to the other. Like unto it; ὁμοία αὐτῇ: in nature and extent, of universal obligation, pure and unselfish. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. From Leviticus 19:18. The verb, both here and ver. 37, is ἀγαπήσεις, which implies, not mere animal or worldly affection (φιλέω), but love from the highest moral considerations, without self-interest, holy. The Latins indicated this difference by amo and diligo. Our "neighbour" is every one with whom we are concerned, i.e. virtually all men. He is to be loved because he is God's image and likeness, heir of the same hope as we ourselves, and presented to us as the object on and by which we are to show the reality of our love to God. "This commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also" (1 John 4:21). And for the measure of our love to man, we have Christ's word in another place (Matthew 7:12), "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[the] second
δευτέρα (deutera)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1208: Second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time. As the compare of duo; second.

[is] like
ὁμοία (homoia)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3664: Like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. From the base of homou; similar.

it:
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

‘Love
Ἀγαπήσεις (Agapēseis)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

neighbor
πλησίον (plēsion)
Adverb
Strong's 4139: Near, nearby, a neighbor. Neuter of a derivative of pelas; close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. Fellow.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

yourself.’
σεαυτόν (seauton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4572: Of yourself.


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