Matthew 22:34 · American Standard Version
Matthew 22:34 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 22:34 in Other Translations
| KJV | But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. |
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| WEB | But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. |
| ASV | But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. |
| YLT | and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him; |
| WBT | But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were assembled about him. |
| DBY | But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together. |
Commentary on Matthew 22:34
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen--So Mat 19:30. See on Mat 20:16.
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Questions about Matthew 22:34
What does Matthew 22:34 say?
Matthew 22:34 in the American Standard Version reads: “But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 22, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 22:34 found in the Bible?
Matthew 22:34 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 22, verse 34, in the New Testament.
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Jesus said unto him,.... 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 Deu 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 requires; and which man, in his state of innocence, was capable of, though now fallen, he is utterly unable to perform; so far from it, that without the grace of God, he has no true love at all to God, in his heart, soul and mind, but all the reverse; his carnal mind is enmity against God, and everything that is divine and good, or that belongs unto him: and though this is now the case of man, yet his obligation to love the Lord in this manner is still the same; and when the Spirit of God does produce the grace and fruit of love in his soul, he does love the Lord sincerely; because of the perfections of his nature, and the works of his hands, and because of the blessings of grace bestowed, and especially for Christ, the unspeakable gift of his love; and most affectionately does he love him, when he is most sensible of his everlasting and unchangeable love to him, and when that is shed abroad by the Spirit; "for we love him, because he first loved us", Jo1 4:19 instead of, "with all thy mind", as here, in Deu 6:5 it is read, "with all thy might"; and which clause is here added by the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, as it is in
Mar 12:30. The Hebrew phrase seems to denote the vehemency of affections, with which God is to be beloved. Though the Jewish writers (s) paraphrase and interpret it, "with all thy substance", or "money"; and in the Misna (t), the following interpretation is given of the whole,
""with all thy heart", with thy imaginations, with the good imagination, and with the evil imagination; and "with all thy soul", even if he should take away thy soul; and "with all thy strength", with all thy "mammon", or riches; or otherwise, "with all thy might", with every measure he measures unto thee, do thou measure unto him;
that is, as one of the commentators says (u), whether it be good or evil; or, as another (w), in every case that happens give thanks to God, and praise him. And certain it is, that as God is to be loved in the strongest manner we are capable of, and with all we have, and are; so always, at all times, under all dispensations of his providence, and upon all accounts, and for all he does towards, in, upon, and for us,
(s) Targum Onk. & Jarchi in Deut. vi. 5. (t) Beracot, c. 9. sect. 5. Vid. Targum Jon. in Dent. vi. 5. (u) Bartenora in Misn. ib. (w) Maimon. in ib.