Matthew 22:36-46 ▼

36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

37 He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

38 This is the greatest and the first commandment.

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

40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

42 saying, “What is your opinion about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s.”

43 He said to them, “How, then, does David, inspired by the Spirit, call him ‘lord,’ saying:

44 ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet”’?

45 If David calls him ‘lord,’ how can he be his son?”

46 No one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.