³⁴Now when^* the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same place.^k ³⁵And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to him^* to test him: ³⁶“Teacher, which commandment is greatest in the law?”

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
kOr “they assembled together”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

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?”

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?

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