Matthew 22:38-41

22:38 This is the first and greatest 1  commandment. 22:39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 2  22:40 All the law and the prophets depend 3  on these two commandments.”

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

22:41 While 4  the Pharisees 5  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: 6 

1 tn Grk “the great and first.”

2 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

3 tn Grk “hang.” The verb κρεμάννυμι (kremannumi) is used here with a figurative meaning (cf. BDAG 566 s.v. 2.b).

4 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

5 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

6 tn Grk “asked them a question, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.