Discovery BoxMatthew 22:38-41 
Context22:38 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.
