Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 22:40

"On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets." — Matthew 22:40 (ASV)

The teaching of Moses and all the prophets might be summarized in these two commandments. The duty of loving God and loving our neighbor as we love ourselves is the supreme subject of the divine revelation. On this, as on a great peg, hang all the law and the prophets. Remove the peg and what have you left as a support for the teaching given by the Lord through the holy men of old who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost?