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Matthew 22:43–45

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43He *said to them, “Then how does David 1ain the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

44‘aThe 1Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet” ’?

45“Therefore, if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
  2. 1Or by inspiration
  3. 1In OT, Yahweh, cf. Ps 110:1

Cross references

  1. a2 Sam 23:2; Rev 1:10; 4:2
  2. aPs 110:1; Matt 26:64; Mark 16:19; Acts 2:34f; 1 Cor 15:25; Heb 1:13; 10:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at my right hand,

until I put your enemies under your feet” ’?

If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies

under your feet.” ’

If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies under your feet’?

“If David calls him ‘Lord,’ how, then, can he be his son?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’

Since David called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He said to them, “How then does David, by the Spirit, call him ‘Lord,’ saying,

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies

under your feet” ’?

If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how is he his son?”

KJV 1900King James Version

He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?