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Passion Week·Recorded in 3 of 4 Gospels

David's Son and David's Lord

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Jesus asks the Pharisees how the Messiah can be David's son when David calls him "Lord" in Psalm 110:1. No one can answer, and they stop questioning him.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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Matthew
22:41-46

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Mark
12:35-37

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Luke
20:41-44

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JohnNot recorded in this Gospel

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain.

In Matthew, Jesus poses the riddle directly to the Pharisees as a counter-challenge after their series of test questions. In Mark and Luke, Jesus raises the question while teaching in the temple, without a specific audience being challenged. The argument works from the assumption (shared by all parties) that David wrote the Psalms under divine inspiration.

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Matthew

Jesus addresses the Pharisees directly: "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?"

Mark

Jesus asks while teaching in the temple; the "large crowd" listened to him gladly.

Luke

Brief parallel; Jesus asks how they can say the Christ is David's son when David calls him Lord.

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Matthew 22:41-46
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Passion Week

From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.

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Matthew
22:41-46
John
not recorded