What does Matthew 22:39 mean?

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew 22:39, King James Version

Eden is the Mercy Bible. Free to read, on your phone.

The verse in its chapter

Matthew 22:37-41

  1. 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
  2. 38 This is the first and great commandment.
  3. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
  4. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
  5. 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

22:39 Love your neighbor as yourself: Lev 19:18; see also Rom 13:9; Gal 5:6, 14; Jas 2:8.

Cross references

Other Bible passages linked to this one, most cited first.

About the book of Matthew

Author
anonymous; early church tradition credits the apostle Matthew
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

In the Mercy Bible Atlas (in Portuguese)

More verses from Matthew