Matthew 22:35
and one of them, who was expert in the law, to tempt him, inquired:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
In Context
34And when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together;
36Teacher, which is the great command in the law?
Cross References
Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and, tempting him, inquired if it were lawful for a man to divorce his wife.
Luke 10:25And behold, a Scribe stood up to try him, and said: Teacher, what must I do, to inherit eternal life?
Luke 11:52Woe to you, Scribes; for ye have taken away the keys of knowledge: ye yourselves enter not, and them that are entering ye hinder.
Titus 3:13As for Zenas the scribe, and Apollos, endeavor to help them well on their way, that they may want nothing.
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 →