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34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
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When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
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and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
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"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
37 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
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He said to him, " "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
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This is the greatest and first commandment.
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
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And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question:
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”“The son of David,” they replied.
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"What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."
43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,
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He said to them, "How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
44 “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:“Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’
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"The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet" '?
45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
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If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"
46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
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