Matthew 22:41

While the Pharisees were still gathered together near Jesus, he asked them,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

In Context

40These two commandments are the basis of every law that Moses wrote in the Scriptures and also of all that the prophets wrote.”

42“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “ He is the descendant of King David.”

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Cross References

Matthew 22:15After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.

Mark 12:35Later, while he was teaching in the Temple courtyard, Jesus said to the people, “These men who teach the Jewish laws, ◄they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is merely a descendant of King David!/why do they say that the Messiah is merely a descendant of King David?► [RHQ]

Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:35-41

The Substance of the Commandments. 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as… Read the whole commentary →

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