Matthew 19:19

19 respect your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as you love yourself." ¹

Matthew 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:19

Honour thy father and thy mother:
&c.] This, as it is the first commandment with promise, so the first of the second table, and yet is here mentioned last; which inversion of order is of no consequence: so the "seventh" command is put before the "sixth", and the "fifth" omitted, in ( Romans 13:9 ) and with the Jews it is a common

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 saying, (hrwtb rxwamw Mdqwm Nya) , "there is neither first nor last in the law": that is, it is of no consequence which commandment is recited first, or which last. Moreover, it looks as if it was usual to recite these commands in this order, since they are placed exactly in the same method, by a very noted Jewish ^F4 writer.

And thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
which is not a particular distinct command from the rest, or an explication of the tenth and last, not mentioned; but a recapitulation, or compendium, and abridgment of the whole, and is said to be a complement and fulfilling of the law; see ( Romans 13:9 ) ( Galatians 5:14 ) .

F3 T. Bab. Pesach. fol. 6. 2. Zohar in Num. fol. 61. 4.
F4 R. Sangari, Sepher Cosri, par. 3. sect. 11, fol. 146. 2.

Matthew 19:19 In-Context

17 "Why do you ask me concerning what is good?" answered Jesus. "There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life."

18 "What commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely;

19 respect your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as you love yourself."

20 "I have obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else do I need to do?"

21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me."

Cross References

• 1. 19.19 aExodus 20.12;Deuteronomy 5.16; bLeviticus 19.18.