Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Holman Bible

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

International Standard Version

The second is this: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these."

A Conservative Version

And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

American Standard Version

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Amplified

This is the second: ‘You shall [unselfishly] love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

An Understandable Version

The second one is this, 'You must love your neighbor the same way that you love yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these [i.e., love for God and man]."

Anderson New Testament

And the second, which is like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as your self. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Common New Testament

The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Daniel Mace New Testament

and the second, which has an affinity to it, is this: "you shall love your neighbour as yourself." there is no other commandment greater than these.

Darby Translation

And a second like it is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

Godbey New Testament

And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Goodspeed New Testament

And this is the second: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

John Wesley New Testament

This is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Julia Smith Translation

And the second like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. No other command is greater than these.

King James 2000

And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The second [is] this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Modern King James verseion

And the second is like this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the second is like unto this, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor, as thyself.' There is none other commandment greater than these."

Moffatt New Testament

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

Montgomery New Testament

"The second is this, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Other command greater than these there is none."

NET Bible

The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

New Heart English Bible

The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Noyes New Testament

The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

Sawyer New Testament

Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

The Emphasized Bible

The second, is, this - Thou shalt love, thy neighbour, as thyself. Greater than these, other commandment, is there none.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And the second, like it, is this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is no greater commandment than these.

Twentieth Century New Testament

The second is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost love thyself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

Webster

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: there is no other commandment greater than these.

Weymouth New Testament

"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."

Williams New Testament

And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

World English Bible

The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Worrell New Testament

A second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

Worsley New Testament

and the second is like it, even this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself:" there is no other commandment greater than these.

Youngs Literal Translation

and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the second
δεύτερος 
Deuteros 
Usage: 36

is like
ὅμοιος 
Homoios 
Usage: 26


Usage: 0

Thou shalt love
G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

thy
σοῦ 
Sou 
thy, thee, thine, thine own, thou, not tr
Usage: 241

πλησίον 
Plesion 
Usage: 12

as
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

σεαυτοῦ σεαυτῷ σεαυτόν σαυτοῦ σαυτῷ σα
Seautou 
Usage: 31

There is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἄλλος 
Allos 
Usage: 119

ἐντολή 
Entole 
Usage: 47

μείζων 
meizon 
Usage: 19

Context Readings

The Greatest Commandment

30 And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. 31 The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these. 32 And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:


Cross References

Leviticus 19:18

Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

Matthew 7:12

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 19:18-19

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

Luke 10:27

And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

Galatians 5:14

For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

1 John 4:21

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Matthew 22:39

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

Luke 10:36-37

Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

Romans 13:8-9

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

James 2:8-13

But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

1 John 3:17-19

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

1 John 4:7-8

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

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