Matthew 22:37 (YLT)

Passage

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:35 and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

Matthew 22:36 `Teacher, which <FI>is<Fi> the great command in the Law?'

Matthew 22:37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

Matthew 22:38 this is a first and great command;

Matthew 22:39 and the second <FI>is<Fi> like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "said", "thou", "shalt", "love", "lord", "heart", and "soul". 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 "Teacher which FI is Fi the great..." into verse 38's "this is a first and great command...", 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.