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Mat 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.
Mat 22:35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
Mat 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Mat 22:37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the great and first commandment.
Mat 22:39 And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”
| 25 [e] Agapēseis Ἀγαπήσεις You will love [the] V-FIA-2S |
| 2962 [e] kyrion κύριον Lord N-AMS |
| 3588 [e] ton τὸν the Art-AMS |
| 2316 [e] Theon Θεόν God N-AMS |
| 4771 [e] sou σου of you PPro-G2S |
| 25 [e] Agapēseis Ἀγαπήσεις You will love V-FIA-2S |
| 3588 [e] ton τὸν the Art-AMS |
| 4139 [e] plēsion πλησίον neighbor Adv |
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What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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DISCERNMENT QUESTIONS
What does this quote say?
What does it say that I should obey?
What is the wish? What are the outcomes?
What are the basic steps?
What are the obstacles?
Who needs to hear this?
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Link to Greek Interlinear text: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/5.htm
What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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