Matthew 22:34-46

English Standard Version

The Great Commandment

^34 (A)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^(B)the Sadducees, they gathered together. ^35 (C)And one of them, ^(D)a lawyer, asked him a question ^(E)to test him. ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And he said to him, ^(F)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And ^(G)a second is like it: ^(H)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ^40 (I)On these two commandments depend ^(J)all the Law and the Prophets.”

Whose Son Is the Christ?

^41 (K)Now while the Pharisees ^(L)were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, ⁴² saying, “What do you think about ^(M)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, ^(N)“The son of David.” ⁴³ He said to them, “How is it then that David, ^(O)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

⁴⁵ If then David calls him Lord, ^(Q)how is he his son?” ^46 (R)And no one was able to answer him a word, ^(S)nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.