Shema? ~ Cross reference of Matthew 22:37 to Deuteronomy 6:4
I love Jesus for what he said in Matthew 22:37. He spoke the TRUTH. The context of Matthew 22:37 is one of the "Pharisees" tested Jesus by asking him which is the greatest commandment. Like any good Jew, Jesus quotes the Shema found in Deuteronomy 6 and the command to love your neighbors found in Leviticus 19. In essence Jesus took 1-4 of the 10 commandments that are about G-d and 5-10 that are about fellow people and called out these 2 as the great commandments. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek ...