Matthew 22:37 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:

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

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.

Matthew 22:38 This is the greatest and the first commandment.

Matthew 22:39 And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "said", "thou", "shalt", "love", "lord", "whole", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 36's "Master which is the great commandment in..." into verse 38's "This is the greatest and the first...", so "jesus" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.