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Matthew 22:34-23:12
English Standard Version
Matthew 22:34-23:12
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,
44 (P)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
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.
Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees
23 Then Jesus (T)said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 (U)“The scribes and the Pharisees (V)sit on Moses' seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, (W)but not the works they do. (X)For they preach, but do not practice. 4 (Y)They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[a] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5 (Z)They do all their deeds (AA)to be seen by others. For they make (AB)their phylacteries broad and (AC)their fringes long, 6 and they (AD)love the place of honor at feasts and (AE)the best seats in the synagogues 7 and (AF)greetings in (AG)the marketplaces and being called (AH)rabbi[b] by others. 8 (AI)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (AJ)all brothers.[c] 9 (AK)And call no man your father on earth, for (AL)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (AM)the Christ. 11 (AN)The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 (AO)Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear
- Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
Matthew 22:34-23:12
New International Version
Matthew 22:34-23:12
New International Version
The Greatest Commandment(A)
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(B) the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,(C) tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a](D) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b](E) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(F)
Whose Son Is the Messiah?(G)
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“The son of David,”(H) they replied.
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’[c](I)
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.(J)
A Warning Against Hypocrisy(K)(L)
23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law(M) and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(N)
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see:(O) They make their phylacteries[d](P) wide and the tassels on their garments(Q) long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;(R) 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.(S)
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(T) and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant.(U) 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.(V)
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
- Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
- Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1
- Matthew 23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm
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