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Some of the Sofrim answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
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They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.
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He said to them, "Why do they say that the Messiah is David's son?
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David himself says in the book of Tehillim, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
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Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
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"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
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In the hearing of all the people, he said to his talmidim,
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"Beware of the Sofrim, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
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who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."