Matthew 22:31-46 ▼

31 But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying:

32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

34 When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together.

35 And one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, that he might tempt him, saying:

36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said to him: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

40 On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.

41 While the Pharisees were together, Jesus asked them a question,

42 saying: What think you of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him: The son of David.

43 He said to them: How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool.

45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?

46 And no one was able to answer him a word; nor did any one, from that day, dare to ask him another question.