Matthew 22:37

“Jesus said unto him, etc.] Directly, without taking time to think of it; and though he knew with what design it was put to him, yet, as an answer to it might be useful and instructive to the people, as well as silence and confound his adversaries, he thought fit to give one; and is as follows, being what is expressed in (<050605>Deuteronomy 6:5). thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind; that is, with all the powers and faculties of the soul, the will, the understanding, and the affections; in the most sincere, upright, and perfect manner, without any dissimulation and hypocrisy, and above all objects whatever, for this the law…”

“Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34. Matthew 22:34 The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in dispute among themselves, and proposed it to him to perplex him. Matthew 22:35 A lawyer - This does nor mean one that “practiced” law, as among us, but one learned or skilled in the law of Moses. Mark…”

“Deu 6:5. Matthew 22:39”

“22:37 Jesus answers from the Shema (Deut 6:4-9), one of the core statements of God’s covenant with Israel (The first Hebrew word of Deut 6:4-9 is shema‘, “hear”).”

“Deu 6:5, Deu 10:12, Deu 30:6; Mar 12:29, Mar 12:30, Mar 12:33; Luk 10:27; Rom 8:7; Heb 10:16, Heb 10:17; Jo1 5:2-5 Matthew 22:39”