Matthew 22:34-46
New Testament for Everyone
The Great Commandment, and David’s Master
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they got together in a group. 35 One of them, a lawyer, put him on the spot with this question.
36 “Teacher,” he said, “which is the most important commandment in the law?”
37 “You must love the Lord your God,” replied Jesus, “with all your heart, with all your life, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first commandment, and it’s the one that really matters. 39 The second is similar, and it’s this: You must love your neighbor as yourself. 40 The entire law hangs on these two commandments—and that goes for the prophets, too.”
41 While the Pharisees were gathered there, Jesus asked them, 42 “What’s your view of the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
“David’s,” they said to him.
43 “Why then,” said Jesus, “does David (speaking by the spirit) call him ‘Master,’ when he says,
44 The Master says to my master,
sit here at my right hand,
until I place your enemies
down beneath your feet.
45 “If David calls him ‘Master,’ how can he be his son?”
46 Nobody was able to answer him a single word. From that day on nobody dared ask him anything any more.
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