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Mt 22:41	Strong Concordance	While [1161] the Pharisees [5330] were gathered together [4863], Jesus [2424] asked [1905] them [846],
	King James	While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Jesus proposes a question concerning the Messiah - See also Mar 12:35-37; Luk 20:41-44. Mat 22:41 While the Pharisees ... - Jesus, having confounded the great sects of the Jews, proceeds, in his turn, to propose to them a question for their solution. This was done, not for the purpose of vain parade and triumph, but: 1. to show them how ignorant they were of their prophecies. 2. to humble them in view of their ignorance. 3. to bring to their attention the true doctrine respecting the Messiah - his being possessed of a character superior to that of David, the most mighty king of Israel - being his Lord, at the same time that he was his descendant. Mat 22:42 What think ye of Christ? - What are your views respecting the Messiah, or "the Christ," especially respecting his "genealogy?" He did not ask them their mews respecting him in general, but only respecting his ancestry. The article should have been retained in the translation - the Christ or the Messiah. He did not ask them their opinion respecting himself, his person, and work, as would seem in our translation, but their views respecting the Messiah whom they expected. Whose son is he? - Whose "descendant?" See the notes at Mat 1:1. The son of David - The descendant of David, according to the promise. Mat 22:43 How then ... - How is this doctrine that he is "descended" from David consistent with what David says when he calls him "lord?" How can your opinion be reconciled with that? That declaration of David is recorded in Psa 110:1. A "lord" or master is a superior. The word here does not necessarily imply divinity, but only superiority. David calls him his superior, his lord, his master, his lawgiver, and expresses his willingness to obey him. If the Messiah was to be merely a descendant of David, as other men descended from parents if he was to have a human nature only if he did not exist when David wrote - with what propriety could he, then, call him his lord? In spirit - By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. As a prophet, Act 2:30; Act 1:16; Sa2 23:2. Mat 22:44 The Lord said ... - This is the language of David. "Yahweh said to "my" lord "the Messiah" - sit thou," etc. This was a prediction respecting the exaltation of Christ. To be raised to the right hand of a king was significant of favor, trust, and power. See the notes at Mat 20:21. This was done respecting Christ, Mar 16:19; Act 7:55; Rom 8:34; Eph 1:20; Heb 1:3; Heb 8:1; Heb 10:12. "Thine enemies thy footstool." A footstool is that which is under the feet when we are sitting implying that we have it under subjection, or at our control. So, Christ shall put all enemies under his feet - all his spiritual foes - all that rise up against him, Psa 2:9, Psa 2:12; Heb 10:13; Co1 15:25. Mat 22:45 If David ... - If he was then David's lord if he was his superior - if he had an existence at that time how could he be descended from him? They could not answer him. Nor is there any way of answering the question but by the admission that the Messiah was divine as well as human; that he had an existence at the time of David, and was his lord and master, his God I and king, and that as man he was descended from him. Remarks On Matthew 22 1. Multitudes of people, who are invited to be saved, reject the gospel and perish in their sins, Mat 22:3. 2. If they perish, they only will be to blame. The offer was freely made, the salvation was provided, and the only reason why they were not saved was that they would not come, Mat 22:3. 3. Attention to the affairs of this life, the love of the world, will shut many out of the kingdom of heaven, Mat 22:5. Some attention to those things is necessary; but such a devotion to these things as to lead to the loss of the soul never can be right. 4. It is treating God ungratefully to reject his gospel, Mat 22:3-5. He has sent his Son to die for us; he has entreated us to be saved; he has followed us with mercies; and to reject all these, and refuse to be saved, is to treat him with contempt, as well as to overwhelm ourselves in condemnation. "Man has no right to be damned." He is under the most solemn obligations to be "saved;" and after what God has done for us, deep and dreadful woe will await us if we are so foolish and wicked as to be lost. 5. Many of the poor and needy will be saved, while the haughty and rich will perish forever, Mat 22:9-10. 6. Let those who make a profession of religion look often to the great day when Christ will search them, Mat 22:11. There is a day coming that will try us. His eye will be upon us. He will read our hearts, and see whether we are clothed in his righteousness, or only the filthy rags of our own. 7. A profession of religion will not save us, Mat 22:11-13. It is foolish to deceive ourselves. Nothing but genuine piety, true faith in Jesus, and a holy life, will save us. God asks not profession merely, but the heart. He asks not mockery, but sincerity; not pretension, but reality. 8. The hypocrite must perish, Mat 22:13. It is right that he should perish. He knew his Master's will and would not do it. He must perish with an awful condemnation. No man sins amid so much light, none with so high a hand. No sin is so awful as to attempt to deceive God, and to palm pretensions on him for reality. 9. Pretended friends are sometimes more dangerous than avowed enemies, Mat 22:16. Pretended friendship is often for the purpose of decoying us into evil. It throws us off our guard, and we are more easily taken. 10. The truth is often admitted by wicked people from mere hypocrisy, Mat 22:16. It is only for the purpose of deceiving others and leading them into sin. 11. Wicked people can decide correctly on the character of a public preacher, Mat 22:16. They often admit his claim in words, but for an evil purpose. 12. It may be right for us sometimes to attend to artful and captious questions, Mat 22:18. It may afford opportunity to do good; to confound the wicked and to inculcate truth. 13. No cunning can overreach God, Mat 22:18. He knows the heart, and he perceives the wickedness of all who attempt to deceive him. 14. It is right, and it is our duty to obey the law of the land, when it does not contravene the law of God, Mat 22:21. "Conscientious Christians make the best citizens." Compare the notes at Rom 13:1-7. 15. We should give honor to civil rulers, Mat 22:21, We should pay respect to the office, whatever may be the character of the ruler. We should speak well of it, not abuse it; yield proper obedience to its requirements, and not rebel against it. Men may be wicked who hold an office, but the office is ordained by God Rom 13:1-2; and for the sake of the office we must be patient, meek, submissive, and obedient, Mat 23:3. 16. Yet we are to obey civil rulers no further than their commands are consistent with the law of God, Mat 22:21. God is to be obeyed rather than man; and when a civil ruler commands a thing contrary to the laws of the Bible and the dictates of our consciences, we may, we must resist it, Act 5:29. 17. The objections of people to the doctrines of the Bible are often founded on ignorance of what those doctrines are, and distrust of the power of God, Mat 22:29. People often set up a notion which they call a doctrine of the Bible, and then fight a shadow, and think they have confuted the truth of God, while that truth was, in fact, untouched. It is a totally different thing from what they supposed. 18. When people attack a doctrine they should be certain that they under stand it, Mat 22:29. The Sadducees did not understand the true doctrine of the resurrection. The inquiry which they should have made was whether they had correct views of it. This is the inquiry which people ought always first to make when they approach a doctrine of the Bible. 19. We learn the glory and happiness of the state after the resurrection, Mat 22:30 (Luke). We shall be in some respects equal to the angels. Like them we shall be free from sin, suffering, and death. Like them we shall be complete in knowledge and felicity. Like them we shall be secure of eternal joy. Happy are those - the good of all the earth who shall have part in that resurrection of the just! 20. The dead shall be raised, Mat 22:31-32. There is a state of happiness hereafter. This the gospel has revealed; and it is the most consoling and cheering truth that has ever beamed upon the heart of man. 21. Our pious friends that have died are now happy, Mat 22:31-32. They are with God. God is still their God. A father, or mother, or sister, or friend that may have left us is there in perfect felicity. We should rejoice at that, nor should we wish them hack to the poor comforts and the many sufferings of this world. 22. It is our duty to love God with all the heart. Mat 22:37. No half, formal, cold, and selfish affection comes up to the requirement. It must be full, entire, absolute. It must be pleasure in all his attributes - his justice, his power, his purposes, as well as his mercy and his goodness. God is to be loved just as he is. If man is not pleased with his whole character he is not pleased with him at all. 23. God is worthy of love. He is perfect. He should be loved early in life. Children should love him more than they do father, or mother, or friends. Their first affections should he fixed on God, and fixed on him supremely, until they die. 24. We must love our neighbor, Mat 22:39. We must do to all as we would have them do to us. This is the law and the prophets: this is the way of justice, of peace, of kindness, of charity, of benevolence. If all men obeyed these laws, the earth would be a paradise, and man would taste the bliss of heaven here below. 25. We may ask here of each one, What think you of Christ? Mat 22:42. What do you think of the necessity of a Saviour? What do you think of his nature? Is he God as well as man, or do you regard him only as a man? What do you think of his character? Do you see him to be lovely and pure, and is he such as to draw forth the warm affections of your heart? What do you think of salvation by him? Do you depend on him, and trust in him, and expect heaven only on the ground of his merits? Or, do you reject and despise him, and would you have joined in putting him to death? Nothing, more certainly tests the character, and shows what the feelings are, than the views which we entertain of Christ. Here error is fatal error; but he who has just views of the Redeemer, and right feelings toward him, is sure of salvation. 26. We have in this chapter an illustrious specimen of the wisdom of Jesus. He successfully met the snares of his mighty and crafty foes, and with infinite ease confounded them. No art of man could confound him. Never was wisdom more clear, never more triumphant.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Jesus proposes a question concerning the Messiah - See also Mar 12:35-37; Luk 20:41-44.

Mat 22:41

While the Pharisees ... - Jesus, having confounded the great sects of the Jews, proceeds, in his turn, to propose to them a question for their solution.

This was done, not for the purpose of vain parade and triumph, but:

1. to show them how ignorant they were of their prophecies.

2. to humble them in view of their ignorance.

3. to bring to their attention the true doctrine respecting the Messiah - his being possessed of a character superior to that of David, the most mighty king of Israel - being his Lord, at the same time that he was his descendant.

Mat 22:42

What think ye of Christ? - What are your views respecting the Messiah, or "the Christ," especially respecting his "genealogy?" He did not ask them their mews respecting him in general, but only respecting his ancestry.

The article should have been retained in the translation - the Christ or the Messiah. He did not ask them their opinion respecting himself, his person, and work, as would seem in our translation, but their views respecting the Messiah whom they expected.

Whose son is he? - Whose "descendant?" See the notes at Mat 1:1.

The son of David - The descendant of David, according to the promise.

Mat 22:43

How then ... - How is this doctrine that he is "descended" from David consistent with what David says when he calls him "lord?" How can your opinion be reconciled with that? That declaration of David is recorded in Psa 110:1. A "lord" or master is a superior. The word here does not necessarily imply divinity, but only superiority. David calls him his superior, his lord, his master, his lawgiver, and expresses his willingness to obey him. If the Messiah was to be merely a descendant of David, as other men descended from parents if he was to have a human nature only if he did not exist when David wrote - with what propriety could he, then, call him his lord?

In spirit - By the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. As a prophet, Act 2:30; Act 1:16; Sa2 23:2.

Mat 22:44

The Lord said ... - This is the language of David.

"Yahweh said to "my" lord "the Messiah" - sit thou," etc. This was a prediction respecting the exaltation of Christ. To be raised to the right hand of a king was significant of favor, trust, and power. See the notes at Mat 20:21. This was done respecting Christ, Mar 16:19; Act 7:55; Rom 8:34; Eph 1:20; Heb 1:3; Heb 8:1; Heb 10:12. "Thine enemies thy footstool." A footstool is that which is under the feet when we are sitting implying that we have it under subjection, or at our control. So, Christ shall put all enemies under his feet - all his spiritual foes - all that rise up against him, Psa 2:9, Psa 2:12; Heb 10:13; Co1 15:25.

Mat 22:45

If David ... - If he was then David's lord if he was his superior - if he had an existence at that time how could he be descended from him? They could not answer him.

Nor is there any way of answering the question but by the admission that the Messiah was divine as well as human; that he had an existence at the time of David, and was his lord and master, his God I and king, and that as man he was descended from him.

Remarks On Matthew 22

1. Multitudes of people, who are invited to be saved, reject the gospel and perish in their sins, Mat 22:3.

2. If they perish, they only will be to blame. The offer was freely made, the salvation was provided, and the only reason why they were not saved was that they would not come, Mat 22:3.

3. Attention to the affairs of this life, the love of the world, will shut many out of the kingdom of heaven, Mat 22:5. Some attention to those things is necessary; but such a devotion to these things as to lead to the loss of the soul never can be right.

4. It is treating God ungratefully to reject his gospel, Mat 22:3-5. He has sent his Son to die for us; he has entreated us to be saved; he has followed us with mercies; and to reject all these, and refuse to be saved, is to treat him with contempt, as well as to overwhelm ourselves in condemnation. "Man has no right to be damned." He is under the most solemn obligations to be "saved;" and after what God has done for us, deep and dreadful woe will await us if we are so foolish and wicked as to be lost.

5. Many of the poor and needy will be saved, while the haughty and rich will perish forever, Mat 22:9-10.

6. Let those who make a profession of religion look often to the great day when Christ will search them, Mat 22:11. There is a day coming that will try us. His eye will be upon us. He will read our hearts, and see whether we are clothed in his righteousness, or only the filthy rags of our own.

7. A profession of religion will not save us, Mat 22:11-13. It is foolish to deceive ourselves. Nothing but genuine piety, true faith in Jesus, and a holy life, will save us. God asks not profession merely, but the heart. He asks not mockery, but sincerity; not pretension, but reality.

8. The hypocrite must perish, Mat 22:13. It is right that he should perish. He knew his Master's will and would not do it. He must perish with an awful condemnation. No man sins amid so much light, none with so high a hand. No sin is so awful as to attempt to deceive God, and to palm pretensions on him for reality.

9. Pretended friends are sometimes more dangerous than avowed enemies, Mat 22:16. Pretended friendship is often for the purpose of decoying us into evil. It throws us off our guard, and we are more easily taken.

10. The truth is often admitted by wicked people from mere hypocrisy, Mat 22:16. It is only for the purpose of deceiving others and leading them into sin.

11. Wicked people can decide correctly on the character of a public preacher, Mat 22:16. They often admit his claim in words, but for an evil purpose.

12. It may be right for us sometimes to attend to artful and captious questions, Mat 22:18. It may afford opportunity to do good; to confound the wicked and to inculcate truth.

13. No cunning can overreach God, Mat 22:18. He knows the heart, and he perceives the wickedness of all who attempt to deceive him.

14. It is right, and it is our duty to obey the law of the land, when it does not contravene the law of God, Mat 22:21. "Conscientious Christians make the best citizens." Compare the notes at Rom 13:1-7.

15. We should give honor to civil rulers, Mat 22:21, We should pay respect to the office, whatever may be the character of the ruler. We should speak well of it, not abuse it; yield proper obedience to its requirements, and not rebel against it. Men may be wicked who hold an office, but the office is ordained by God Rom 13:1-2; and for the sake of the office we must be patient, meek, submissive, and obedient, Mat 23:3.

16. Yet we are to obey civil rulers no further than their commands are consistent with the law of God, Mat 22:21. God is to be obeyed rather than man; and when a civil ruler commands a thing contrary to the laws of the Bible and the dictates of our consciences, we may, we must resist it, Act 5:29.

17. The objections of people to the doctrines of the Bible are often founded on ignorance of what those doctrines are, and distrust of the power of God, Mat 22:29. People often set up a notion which they call a doctrine of the Bible, and then fight a shadow, and think they have confuted the truth of God, while that truth was, in fact, untouched. It is a totally different thing from what they supposed.

18. When people attack a doctrine they should be certain that they under stand it, Mat 22:29. The Sadducees did not understand the true doctrine of the resurrection. The inquiry which they should have made was whether they had correct views of it. This is the inquiry which people ought always first to make when they approach a doctrine of the Bible.

19. We learn the glory and happiness of the state after the resurrection, Mat 22:30 (Luke). We shall be in some respects equal to the angels. Like them we shall be free from sin, suffering, and death. Like them we shall be complete in knowledge and felicity. Like them we shall be secure of eternal joy. Happy are those - the good of all the earth who shall have part in that resurrection of the just!

20. The dead shall be raised, Mat 22:31-32. There is a state of happiness hereafter. This the gospel has revealed; and it is the most consoling and cheering truth that has ever beamed upon the heart of man.

21. Our pious friends that have died are now happy, Mat 22:31-32. They are with God. God is still their God. A father, or mother, or sister, or friend that may have left us is there in perfect felicity. We should rejoice at that, nor should we wish them hack to the poor comforts and the many sufferings of this world.

22. It is our duty to love God with all the heart. Mat 22:37. No half, formal, cold, and selfish affection comes up to the requirement. It must be full, entire, absolute. It must be pleasure in all his attributes - his justice, his power, his purposes, as well as his mercy and his goodness. God is to be loved just as he is. If man is not pleased with his whole character he is not pleased with him at all.

23. God is worthy of love. He is perfect. He should be loved early in life. Children should love him more than they do father, or mother, or friends. Their first affections should he fixed on God, and fixed on him supremely, until they die.

24. We must love our neighbor, Mat 22:39. We must do to all as we would have them do to us. This is the law and the prophets: this is the way of justice, of peace, of kindness, of charity, of benevolence. If all men obeyed these laws, the earth would be a paradise, and man would taste the bliss of heaven here below.

25. We may ask here of each one, What think you of Christ? Mat 22:42. What do you think of the necessity of a Saviour? What do you think of his nature? Is he God as well as man, or do you regard him only as a man? What do you think of his character? Do you see him to be lovely and pure, and is he such as to draw forth the warm affections of your heart? What do you think of salvation by him? Do you depend on him, and trust in him, and expect heaven only on the ground of his merits? Or, do you reject and despise him, and would you have joined in putting him to death? Nothing, more certainly tests the character, and shows what the feelings are, than the views which we entertain of Christ. Here error is fatal error; but he who has just views of the Redeemer, and right feelings toward him, is sure of salvation.

26. We have in this chapter an illustrious specimen of the wisdom of Jesus. He successfully met the snares of his mighty and crafty foes, and with infinite ease confounded them. No art of man could confound him. Never was wisdom more clear, never more triumphant.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
asked them Compare (Mat 21:24); (Joh 19:7). Jesus' question is not personal but doctrinal: "Whose son is the Messiah?" Compare (Act 2:25-36); (Rom 1:3); (Rom 1:4).

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
While the Pharisees were gathered together - Jesus asks a question in his turn, utterly to confound them, and to show the people that the source of all the captious questions of his opponents was their ignorance of the prophecies relative to the Messiah.

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⁴² Saying [3004], What [5101] think [1380] ye [5213] of [4012] Christ [5547]? whose [5101] son [5207] is he [2076]? They say [3004] unto him [846], The Son of David [1138].

³⁹ And [1161] the second [1208] is like [3664] unto it [846] [3778], Thou shalt love [25] thy [4675] neighbour [4139] as [5613] thyself [4572].

³⁷ [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Thou shalt love [25] the Lord [2962] thy [4675] God [2316] with [1722] all [3650] thy [4675] heart [2588], and [2532] with [1722] all [3650] thy [4675] soul [5590], and [2532] with [1722] all [3650] thy [4675] mind [1271].

³¹ But [1161] as touching [4012] the resurrection [386] of the dead [3498], have ye [314] not [3756] read [314] that which [3588] was spoken [4483] unto you [5213] by [5259] God [2316], saying [3004],
³² I [1473] am [1510] the God [2316] of Abraham [11], and [2532] the God [2316] of Isaac [2464], and [2532] the God [2316] of Jacob [2384]? God [2316] is [2076] not [3756] the God [2316] of the dead [3498], but [235] of the living [2198].

³⁰ For [1063] in [1722] the resurrection [386] they neither [3777] marry [1060], nor [3777] are given in marriage [1547], but [235] are [1526] as [5613] the angels [32] of God [2316] in [1722] heaven [3772].

²⁹ Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [1161] said [2036] unto them [846], Ye do err [4105], not [3361] knowing [1492] the scriptures [1124], nor [3366] the power [1411] of God [2316].

²⁹ Then [1161] Peter [4074] and [2532] the other apostles [652] answered [611] and said [2036], We ought [1163] to obey [3980] God [2316] rather [3123] than [2228] men [444].

²¹ They say [3004] unto him [846], Caesar's [2541]. Then [5119] saith he [3004] unto them [846], Render [591] therefore [3767] unto Caesar [2541] the things which are [3588] Caesar's [2541]; and [2532] unto God [2316] the things that are [3588] God's [2316].

³ All [3956] therefore [3767] whatsoever [302] [3745] they bid [2036] you [5213] observe [5083], that observe [5083] and [2532] do [4160]; but [1161] do [4160] not [3361] ye after [2596] their [846] works [2041]: for [1063] they say [3004], and [2532] do [4160] not [3756].

¹ Let every [3956] soul [5590] be subject [5293] unto the higher [5242] powers [1849]. For [1063] there is [2076] no [3756] power [1849] but [1508] of [575] God [2316]: [1161] the powers [1849] that be [5607] are [1526] ordained [5021] of [5259] God [2316].
² Whosoever therefore [5620] resisteth [498] the power [1849], resisteth [436] the ordinance [1296] of God [2316]: and [1161] they that resist [436] shall receive [2983] to themselves [1438] damnation [2917].
³ For [1063] rulers [758] are [1526] not [3756] a terror [5401] to good [18] works [2041], but [235] to the evil [2556]. Wilt thou [2309] then [1161] not [3361] be afraid [5399] of the power [1849]? do [4160] that which is good [18], and [2532] thou shalt have [2192] praise [1868] of [1537] the same [846]:
⁴ For [1063] he is [2076] the minister [1249] of God [2316] to thee [4671] for [1519] good [18]. But [1161] if [1437] thou do [4160] that which is evil [2556], be afraid [5399]; for [1063] he beareth [5409] not [3756] the sword [3162] in vain [1500]: for [1063] he is [2076] the minister [1249] of God [2316], a revenger [1558] to execute wrath [3709] upon [1519] him that doeth [4238] evil [2556].
⁵ Wherefore [1352] ye must needs [318] be subject [5293], not [3756] only [3440] for [1223] wrath [3709], but [235] also [2532] for conscience [4893] sake [1223].
⁶ For [1063] for [1223] this [5124] cause [1223] pay ye [5055] tribute [5411] also [2532]: for [1063] they are [1526] God's [2316] ministers [3011], attending continually [4342] upon [1519] this [5124] very thing [846].
⁷ Render [591] therefore [3767] to all [3956] their dues [3782]: tribute [5411] to whom [3588] tribute [5411] is due; custom [5056] to whom [3588] custom [5056]; fear [5401] to whom [3588] fear [5401]; honour [5092] to whom [3588] honour [5092].

¹⁸ But [1161] Jesus [2424] perceived [1097] their [846] wickedness [4189], and said [2036], Why [5101] tempt ye [3985] me [3165], ye hypocrites [5273]?

¹⁶ And [2532] they sent out [649] unto him [846] their [846] disciples [3101] with [3326] the Herodians [2265], saying [3004], Master [1320], we know [1492] that [3754] thou art [1488] true [227], and [2532] teachest [1321] the way [3598] of God [2316] in [1722] truth [225], [2532] neither [3756] carest [3199] thou [4671] for [4012] any [3762] man: for [1063] thou regardest [991] not [1519] [3756] the person [4383] of men [444].

¹³ Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].

¹¹ And [1161] when [1525] the king [935] came in [1525] to see [2300] the guests [345], he saw [1492] there [1563] a man [444] which had [1746] not [3756] on [1746] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]:
¹² And [2532] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Friend [2083], how [4459] camest thou [1525] in hither [5602] not [3361] having [2192] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]? And [1161] he was speechless [5392].
¹³ Then [5119] said [2036] the king [935] to the servants [1249], Bind [1210] him [846] hand [5495] and [2532] foot [4228], and take [142] him [846] away [142], and [2532] cast [1544] him into [1519] outer [1857] darkness [4655]; there [1563] shall be [2071] weeping [2805] and [2532] gnashing [1030] of teeth [3599].

¹¹ And [1161] when [1525] the king [935] came in [1525] to see [2300] the guests [345], he saw [1492] there [1563] a man [444] which had [1746] not [3756] on [1746] a wedding [1062] garment [1742]:

⁹ Go ye [4198] therefore [3767] into [1909] the highways [1327] [3598], and [2532] as many as [3745] [302] ye shall find [2147], bid [2564] to [1519] the marriage [1062].
¹⁰ So [2532] those [1565] servants [1401] went out [1831] into [1519] the highways [3598], and gathered together [4863] all [3956] as many as [3745] they found [2147], both [5037] bad [4190] and [2532] good [18]: and [2532] the wedding [1062] was furnished [4130] with guests [345].

³ And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].
⁴ Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].
⁵ But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:

⁵ But [1161] they made light of [272] it, and went their ways [565], one [3303] to [1519] his [2398] farm [68], another [1161] to [1519] his [846] merchandise [1711]:

³ And [2532] sent forth [649] his [846] servants [1401] to call [2564] them that were bidden [2564] to [1519] the wedding [1062]: and [2532] they would [2309] not [3756] come [2064].

⁴⁵ If [1487] David [1138] then [3767] call [2564] him [846] Lord [2962], how [4459] is he [2076] his [846] son [5207]?

²⁵ For [1063] he [846] must [1163] reign [936], till [891] [3739] he hath put [302] [5087] all [3956] enemies [2190] under [5259] his [846] feet [4228].

¹³ From henceforth [3063] expecting [1551] till [2193] his [846] enemies [2190] be made [5087] his [846] footstool [5286] [4228].

¹² Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.

⁹ Thou shalt break [07489] them with a rod [07626] of iron [01270]; thou shalt dash them in pieces [05310] like a potter's [03335] vessel [03627].

¹² But [1161] this man [846], after he had offered [4374] one [3391] sacrifice [2378] for [5228] sins [266] for [1519] ever [1336], sat down [2523] on [1722] the right hand [1188] of God [2316];

¹ Now [1161] of [1909] the things which we have spoken [3004] this is the sum [2774]: We have [2192] such [5108] an high priest [749], who [3739] is set [2523] on [1722] the right hand [1188] of the throne [2362] of the Majesty [3172] in [1722] the heavens [3772];

³ Who [3739] being [5607] the brightness [541] of his glory [1391], and [2532] the express image [5481] of his [846] person [5287], and [5037] upholding [5342] all things [3956] by the word [4487] of his [846] power [1411], when he had [4160] [2512] by [1223] himself [1438] purged [4160] [2512] our [2257] sins [266], sat down [2523] on [1722] the right hand [1188] of the Majesty [3172] on [1722] high [5308];

²⁰ Which [3739] he wrought [1754] in [1722] Christ [5547], when he raised [1453] him [846] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] set [2523] him at [1722] his own [846] right hand [1188] in [1722] the heavenly [2032] places,

³⁴ Who [5101] is he that condemneth [2632]? It is Christ [5547] that died [599], yea [1161] rather [3123] [2532], that is risen again [1453], who [3739] is [2076] even [2532] at [1722] the right hand [1188] of God [2316], who [3739] also [2532] maketh intercession [1793] for [5228] us [2257].

⁵⁵ But [1161] he, being [5225] full [4134] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], looked up stedfastly [816] into [1519] heaven [3772], and saw [1492] the glory [1391] of God [2316], and [2532] Jesus [2424] standing [2476] on [1537] the right hand [1188] of God [2316],

¹⁹ So [3303] then [3767] after [3326] the Lord [2962] had spoken [2980] unto them [846], he was received up [353] into [1519] heaven [3772], and [2532] sat [2523] on [1537] the right hand [1188] of God [2316].

²¹ And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], What [5101] wilt thou [2309]? She saith [3004] unto him [846], Grant [2036] that [2443] these [3778] my [3450] two [1417] sons [5207] may sit [2523], the one [1520] on [1537] thy [4675] right hand [1188], and [2532] the other [1520] on [1537] the left [2176], in [1722] thy [4675] kingdom [932].

⁴⁴ The LORD [2962] said [2036] unto my [3450] Lord [2962], Sit thou [2521] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188], till [2193] [302] I make [5087] thine [4675] enemies [2190] thy [4675] footstool [5286] [4228]?

² The Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] spake [01696] by me, and his word [04405] was in my tongue [03956].

¹⁶ Men [435] and brethren [80], this [5026] scripture [1124] must [1163] needs have been fulfilled [4137], which [3739] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] by [1223] the mouth [4750] of David [1138] spake before [4277] concerning [4012] Judas [2455], which [3588] was [1096] guide [3595] to them that took [4815] Jesus [2424].

³⁰ Therefore [3767] being [5225] a prophet [4396], and [2532] knowing [1492] that [3754] God [2316] had sworn [3660] with an oath [3727] to him [846], that of [1537] the fruit [2590] of his [846] loins [3751], according to [2596] the flesh [4561], he would raise up [450] Christ [5547] to sit [2523] on [1909] his [846] throne [2362];

¹ A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. The LORD [03068] said [05002] unto my Lord [0113], Sit [03427] thou at my right hand [03225], until I make [07896] thine enemies [0341] thy footstool [01916] [07272].

⁴³ He saith [3004] unto them [846], How [4459] then [3767] doth David [1138] in [1722] spirit [4151] call [2564] him [846] Lord [2962], saying [3004],

¹ The book [976] of the generation [1078] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], the son [5207] of David [1138], the son [5207] of Abraham [11].

⁴² Saying [3004], What [5101] think [1380] ye [5213] of [4012] Christ [5547]? whose [5101] son [5207] is he [2076]? They say [3004] unto him [846], The Son of David [1138].

⁴¹ While [1161] the Pharisees [5330] were gathered together [4863], Jesus [2424] asked [1905] them [846],

⁴¹ And [1161] he said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], How [4459] say [3004] they that Christ [5547] is [1511] David's [1138] son [5207]?
⁴² And [2532] David [1138] himself [846] saith [3004] in [1722] the book [976] of Psalms [5568], The LORD [2962] said [2036] unto my [3450] Lord [2962], Sit thou [2521] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188],
⁴³ Till [2193] [302] I make [5087] thine [4675] enemies [2190] thy [4675] footstool [4228] [5286].
⁴⁴ David [1138] therefore [3767] calleth [2564] him [846] Lord [2962], how [4459] is he [2076] then [2532] his [846] son [5207]?

³⁵ And [2532] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [3004], while he taught [1321] in [1722] the temple [2411], How [4459] say [3004] the scribes [1122] that [3754] Christ [5547] is [2076] the Son [5207] of David [1138]?
³⁶ For [1063] David [1138] himself [846] said [2036] by [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], The LORD [2962] said [2036] to my [3450] Lord [2962], Sit thou [2521] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188], till [2193] [302] I make [5087] thine [4675] enemies [2190] thy [4675] footstool [5286] [4228].
³⁷ David [1138] therefore [3767] himself [846] calleth [3004] him [846] Lord [2962]; and [2532] whence [4159] is he [2076] then his [846] son [5207]? And [2532] the common [4183] people [3793] heard [191] him [846] gladly [2234].

⁴ And declared [3724] to be the Son [5207] of God [2316] with [1722] power [1411], according [2596] to the spirit [4151] of holiness [42], by [1537] the resurrection [386] from the dead [3498]:

³ Concerning [4012] his [846] Son [5207] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] our [2257] Lord [2962], which [3588] was made [1096] of [1537] the seed [4690] of David [1138] according [2596] to the flesh [4561];

²⁵ For [1063] David [1138] speaketh [3004] concerning [1519] him [846], I foresaw [4308] the Lord [2962] always [1223] [3956] before [1799] my [3450] face, for [3754] he is [2076] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188], that [3363] I should [4531] not [3363] be moved [4531]:
²⁶ Therefore [1223] [5124] did [2165] my [3450] heart [2588] rejoice [2165], and [2532] my [3450] tongue [1100] was glad [21]; moreover [1161] [2089] also [2532] my [3450] flesh [4561] shall rest [2681] in [1909] hope [1680]:
²⁷ Because [3754] thou wilt [1459] not [3756] leave [1459] my [3450] soul [5590] in [1519] hell [86], neither [3761] wilt thou suffer [1325] thine [4675] Holy One [3741] to see [1492] corruption [1312].
²⁸ Thou hast made known [1107] to me [3427] the ways [3598] of life [2222]; thou shalt make [4137] me [3165] full [4137] of joy [2167] with [3326] thy [4675] countenance [4383].
²⁹ Men [435] and brethren [80], let [2036] me [1832] freely [3326] [3954] speak [2036] unto [4314] you [5209] of [4012] the patriarch [3966] David [1138], that [3754] he is [5053] both [2532] dead [5053] and [2532] buried [2290], and [2532] his [846] sepulchre [3418] is [2076] with [1722] us [2254] unto [891] this [5026] day [2250].
³⁰ Therefore [3767] being [5225] a prophet [4396], and [2532] knowing [1492] that [3754] God [2316] had sworn [3660] with an oath [3727] to him [846], that of [1537] the fruit [2590] of his [846] loins [3751], according to [2596] the flesh [4561], he would raise up [450] Christ [5547] to sit [2523] on [1909] his [846] throne [2362];
³¹ He seeing this before [4275] spake [2980] of [4012] the resurrection [386] of Christ [5547], that [3754] his [846] soul [5590] was [2641] not [3756] left [2641] in [1519] hell [86], neither [3761] his [846] flesh [4561] did see [1492] corruption [1312].
³² This [5126] Jesus [2424] hath [450] God [2316] raised up [450], whereof [3739] we [2249] all [3956] are [2070] witnesses [3144].
³³ Therefore [3767] being [5312] by the right hand [1188] of God [2316] exalted [5312], and [5037] having received [2983] of [3844] the Father [3962] the promise [1860] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], he hath shed forth [1632] this [5124], which [3739] ye [5210] now [3568] see [991] and [2532] hear [191].
³⁴ For [1063] David [1138] is not [3756] ascended [305] into [1519] the heavens [3772]: but [1161] he saith [3004] himself [846], The LORD [2962] said [2036] unto my [3450] Lord [2962], Sit thou [2521] on [1537] my [3450] right hand [1188],
³⁵ Until [2193] I make [302] [5087] thy [4675] foes [2190] thy [4675] footstool [4228] [5286].
³⁶ Therefore [3767] let [1097] all [3956] the house [3624] of Israel [2474] know [1097] assuredly [806], that [3754] God [2316] hath made [4160] that same [5126] Jesus [2424], whom [3739] ye [5210] have crucified [4717], both [2532] Lord [2962] and [2532] Christ [5547].

⁷ The Jews [2453] answered [611] him [846], We [2249] have [2192] a law [3551], and [2532] by [2596] our [2257] law [3551] he ought [3784] to die [599], because [3754] he made [4160] himself [1438] the Son [5207] of God [2316].

²⁴ And [1161] Jesus [2424] answered [611] and said [2036] unto them [846], I also [2504] will ask [2065] you [5209] one [1520] thing [3056], which [3739] if [1437] ye tell [2036] me [3427], I in like wise [2504] will tell [2046] you [5213] by [1722] what [4169] authority [1849] I do [4160] these things [5023].