42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?”

“David’s,” they told Him.

43 He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit,[a] calls Him ‘Lord’(A):

44 The Lord declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand
until I put Your enemies under Your feet’?[b](B)[c]

45 “If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?” 46 No one was able to answer Him at all,[d] and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:43 Lit David in Spirit
  2. Matthew 22:44 Other mss read until I make Your enemies Your footstool
  3. Matthew 22:44 Ps 110:1
  4. Matthew 22:46 Lit answer Him a word

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