12 “In everything, (A)therefore, [a]treat people the same way you want [b]them to treat you, for (B)this is the Law and the Prophets.

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  1. Matthew 7:12 Lit you, too, do so for them
  2. Matthew 7:12 Lit people

12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,(A) for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.(B)

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39 The second is like it, ‘(A)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 (B)Upon these two commandments [a]hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”

41 (C)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 42 “What do you think about the [b]Christ? Whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “(D)The son of David.” 43 He *said to them, “Then [c]how does David [d](E)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

44 (F)The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’?

45 Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ [e]how is He his son?” 46 (G)No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.

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  1. Matthew 22:40 I.e., completely depend
  2. Matthew 22:42 I.e., Messiah
  3. Matthew 22:43 Or in what sense does
  4. Matthew 22:43 I.e., by inspiration
  5. Matthew 22:45 Or in what sense is

39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[a](A) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(B)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(C)

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

“The son of David,”(D) they replied.

43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[b](E)

45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.(F)

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  1. Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
  2. Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1

34 I am giving you a (A)new commandment, (B)that you love one another; (C)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C)

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Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for (A)the one who loves [a]his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

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  1. Romans 13:8 Lit the other

Love Fulfills the Law

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.(A)

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14 For (A)the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18

If, however, you (A)are fulfilling the [a]royal law according to the Scripture, “(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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  1. James 2:8 Or law of our King

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”[a](A) you are doing right.

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  1. James 2:8 Lev. 19:18