Matthew 22:34-46

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The Greatest Commandment^(A)

³⁴Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,^(B) the Pharisees got together. ³⁵One of them, an expert in the law,^(C) tested him with this question: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(D) ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]^(E) ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”^(F)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?^(G)

⁴¹While 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.

⁴³He 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)

⁴⁵If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ⁴⁶No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.^(J)

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Footnotes

Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1

Psalm 51:10-19

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¹⁰Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)
¹¹Do not cast me^(C) from your presence^(D)
    or take your Holy Spirit^(E) from me.
¹²Restore to me the joy of your salvation^(F)
    and grant me a willing spirit,^(G) to sustain me.^(H)

¹³Then I will teach transgressors your ways,^(I)
    so that sinners^(J) will turn back to you.^(K)
¹⁴Deliver me^(L) from the guilt of bloodshed,^(M) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,^(N)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.^(O)
¹⁵Open my lips, Lord,^(P)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶You do not delight in sacrifice,^(Q) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷My sacrifice,^(R) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(S)
    you, God, will not despise.

¹⁸May it please you to prosper Zion,^(T)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(U)
¹⁹Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,^(V)
    in burnt offerings^(W) offered whole;
    then bulls^(X) will be offered on your altar.