Matthew 22:41-46 - David's Son And Lord

⁴¹ Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put this question to them. ⁴² "What is your opinion concerning the Christ? Whose Son is he?" "David's," they answered.

⁴³ "How then, "he said, "does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴ "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand Until I put thine enemies beneath thy feet?

⁴⁵ "If David calls him Lord, how can he be his Son?" ⁴⁶ No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

³⁵ While he was teaching in the Temple courts, Jesus in his turn asked. "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶ David himself said in the Holy Spirit, "The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand until I make thy foes the footstool of thy feet.'

³⁷ "David himself then calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?" Now the great mass of the people were wont to listen to him with delight;

⁴¹ "How is it," he asked them, "that they say that Christ is David's son? ⁴² "for David himself say's in the book of the Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord. Sit at my right hand, ⁴³ Until I make thy enemies the footstool at thy feet.

⁴⁴ "David therefore himself calls him 'Lord,' and how can he be his son?"