King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 22:36

“Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?”

Verse in context — Matthew 22

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.›

‹This is the first and great commandment.›

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.