Matthew 22:35
and one from among them, a lawyer, proposed a question, putting him to the test:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
In Context
36Teacher! which commandment, is greatest in the law?
Cross References
Mark 10:2And Pharisees coming near were questioning him—whether it is allowed a husband to divorce a wife, testing him.
Luke 10:25And lo! a certain lawyer, arose, putting him to the test, saying—Teacher! by doing what, shall I inherit, life age-abiding?
Luke 11:52Alas for you, the lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge: yourselves, entered not, and, them who were entering, ye hindered.
Titus 3:13Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, do thou diligently set forward on their way, in order that, nothing, unto them, may be wanting.
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 →