Take-home slipsMatthew 22:37-39

How to learn a verseYLT

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Matthew 22:37-39 And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding — this is a first and great command; and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding — this is a first and great command; and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And Jesus said ___ him, 'Thou shalt ____ the Lord thy ___ with all thy _____, and with all ___ soul, and with ___ thine understanding — this ___ a first and _____ command; and the ______ [is] like to ___, Thou shalt love ___ neighbour as thyself;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And _____ ____ to ___, '____ shalt ____ ___ Lord ___ ___ with ___ ___ heart, ___ ____ all ___ ____, and ____ ___ thine ______ — ____ is ___ _____ and _____ ______; and ___ ______ [is] ____ ___ it, ____ _____ love ___ ______ as ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A J s t h, 'T s l t L t G w a t h, a w a t s, a w a t u — t i a f a g c; a t s [i] l t i, T s l t n a t;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 22:37-39

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseYLT

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Matthew 22:37-39 And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding — this is a first and great command; and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding — this is a first and great command; and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.And Jesus said ___ him, 'Thou shalt ____ the Lord thy ___ with all thy _____, and with all ___ soul, and with ___ thine understanding — this ___ a first and _____ command; and the ______ [is] like to ___, Thou shalt love ___ neighbour as thyself;
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.And _____ ____ to ___, '____ shalt ____ ___ Lord ___ ___ with ___ ___ heart, ___ ____ all ___ ____, and ____ ___ thine ______ — ____ is ___ _____ and _____ ______; and ___ ______ [is] ____ ___ it, ____ _____ love ___ ______ as ______;
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.A J s t h, 'T s l t L t G w a t h, a w a t s, a w a t u — t i a f a g c; a t s [i] l t i, T s l t n a t;
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 22:37-39

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.