Matthew 22:34–46

Love God and Your Neighbor—Mark 12:28–34

³⁴When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. ³⁵One of them, an expert in Moses’ Teachings, tested Jesus by asking, ³⁶“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in Moses’ Teachings?” 

³⁷Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the greatest and most important commandment. ³⁹The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ⁴⁰All of Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets depend on these two commandments.” 

How Can David’s Son Be David’s Lord?—Mark 12:35–37a; Luke 20:41–44

⁴¹While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them, ⁴²“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” 

They answered him, “David’s.” 

⁴³He said to them, “Then how can David, guided by the Spirit, call him Lord? David says, 

⁴⁴‘The Lord said to my Lord, 

“Take the honored position—the one next to me [and the Father] on the heavenly throne 

until I put your enemies under your control.^b” ’ 

⁴⁵If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” 

⁴⁶No one could answer him, and from that time on no one dared to ask him another question.