41 (A)Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: 42 “What do you think about the [a]Christ? Whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “(B)The son of David.” 43 He *said to them, “Then [b]how does David [c](C)in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

44 (D)The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies under Your feet”’?

45 Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ [d]how is He his son?” 46 (E)No one was able to offer Him a word in answer, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him any more questions.

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  1. Matthew 22:42 I.e., Messiah
  2. Matthew 22:43 Or in what sense does
  3. Matthew 22:43 I.e., by inspiration
  4. Matthew 22:45 Or in what sense is

The Question about the Messiah

41 While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,(A) 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

They replied, “David’s.”

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

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

45 “If David calls him ‘Lord,’ how, then, can he 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.(D)

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Footnotes

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