12 “In everything, (A)therefore, [a]treat people the same way you want [b]them to treat you, for (B)this is the Law and the Prophets.

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  1. Matthew 7:12 Lit you, too, do so for them
  2. Matthew 7:12 Lit people; Gr anthropoi

39 The second is like it, ‘(A)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 (B)On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”

41 (C)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 42 “What do you think about [a]the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “(D)The son of David.” 43 He *said to them, “Then how does David [b](E)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

44 (F)The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” 46 (G)No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him [c]another question.

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  1. Matthew 22:42 I.e. the Messiah
  2. Matthew 22:43 Or by inspiration
  3. Matthew 22:46 Lit any longer

34 A (A)new commandment I give to you, (B)that you love one another, (C)even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for (A)he who loves [a]his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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  1. Romans 13:8 Lit the other

14 For (A)the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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If, however, you (A)are fulfilling the [a]royal law according to the Scripture, “(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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  1. James 2:8 Or law of our King