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Matthew 19:19

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honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 19

FINAL DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE--DIVORCE. ( = Mar 10:1-12; Luk 9:51). (Mat 19:1-12) And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee--This marks a very solemn period in our Lord's public ministry. So slightly is it touched here, and in the corresponding passage of Mark (Mar 10:1), that few readers probably note it as the Redeemer's Farewell to Galilee, which however it was. See on the sublime statement of Luke (Luk 9:51), which relates to the same transition stage in the progress of our Lord's work. and came into the coasts--or, boundaries of Judea beyond Jordan--that is, to the further, or east side of the Jordan, into Perea, the dominions of Herod Antipas. But though one might conclude from our Evangelist that our Lord went straight from the one region to the other, we know from the other Gospels that a considerable time elapsed between the departure from the one and the arrival at the other, during which many of the most important events in our Lord's public life occurred--probably a large part of what is recorded in Luk 9:51, onward to Mat 18:15, and part of John 7:2-11:54.

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Strong's Concordancev. 19

τιμάω (timáō, G5091) — to prize, i.e. fix a valuation upon; by implication, to revere σοῦ (soû, G4675) — of thee, thy πατήρ (patḗr, G3962) — a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) καί (kaí, G2532) — and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other… μήτηρ (mḗtēr, G3384) — a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote) ἀγαπάω (agapáō, G25) — to love (in a social or moral sense) πλησίον (plēsíon, G4139) — (adverbially) close by; as noun, a neighbor, i.e. fellow (as man, countryman, Christian… ὡς (hōs, G5613) — which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) σεαυτοῦ (seautoû, G4572) — of (with, to) thyself

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Leviticus 19:18rank 4

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Matthew 22:39rank 3

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Deuteronomy 5:16rank 3

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12rank 3

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

James 2:8rank 2

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Luke 10:27rank 2

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Galatians 5:14rank 1

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Leviticus 19:3rank 1

Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Proverbs 30:17rank 1

As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Matthew 5:43rank 0

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

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