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To: dsc
You wrote:
What I meant was read down to Matthew 22:38. “This is the greatest and the first commandment.”

Here are some versions of Mt 22:38--
This is the great and first commandment.(ESV)
This is the great and first commandment. (ASV)
This is the first and greatest rule. (BBE)
This is the greatest and most important a commandment. (ISV)
This is the first and great commandment. (KJV)
This is the first and great commandment. (NKJV)
This is the great and first commandment (RV)
This is the greatest and foremost Commandment. (Weymouth)
this is a first and great command; (Young's Literal)

I'd like to know what version you quoted, please.

1,387 posted on 09/25/2014 10:54:31 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: kinsman redeemer

“I’d like to know what version you quoted, please.”

Now what hobby horse are you off on?

Most of them include the word “first,” while the others use the synonym “foremost” and the synonym “most important.”


1,398 posted on 09/25/2014 12:55:28 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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