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Matthew 22:34–36

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The Great Commandment

34bBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced cthe Sadducees, they gathered together. 35dAnd one of them, ea lawyer, asked him a question fto test him. 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

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Cross references

  1. bFor ver. 34–40, see Mark 12:28–33
  2. cver. 23
  3. d[Luke 10:25–28]
  4. eSee Luke 7:30
  5. fver. 18

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him: “Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

NLTNew Living Translation

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same place. And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to him to test him: “Teacher, which commandment is greatest in the law?”

KJV 1900King James Version

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?