Matthew 22:36
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Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Matthew 5:19,20 He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Matthew 15:6 And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

Matthew 23:23,24 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint and anise and cummin and have left the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These things you ought to have done and not to leave those undone. . . .

Hosea 8:12 I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

Mark 12:28-33 And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all. . . .

Luke 11:42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Context
The Greatest Commandment
35And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him: 36Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:35
And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:

Matthew 22:37
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind.

Lexicon
“Teacher,
Διδάσκαλε (Didaskale)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1320: A teacher, master. From didasko; an instructor.

which
ποία (poia)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

commandment
ἐντολὴ (entolē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

[is the] greatest
μεγάλη (megalē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law?”
νόμῳ (nomō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.


Additional Translations
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

"Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?"

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

"Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?"

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

Teacher, which is the great command in the Law?'
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