You shall love your neighbor as yourself

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The Lord Jesus said this is the second greatest commandment of all.

 

 

Leviticus 19:18. You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Matthew 22:39. A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Mark 12:31 The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Romans 13:9. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:14. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

James 2:8. However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

 

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