Focused Passage

Matthew 22:34-40

The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord

Matthew moves from parabolic judgment against those who refuse the King’s Son, to warning against presumptuous attendance without proper response, to political testing over Caesar, to theological testing over resurrection, to legal testing over the greatest commandment, and finally to Jesus’ own question revealing that the Messiah is not merely David’s son but David’s Lord.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

34And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38This is the first and greatest commandment.

39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 34

Original words

And [when]δὲG1161ConjunctiontheΟἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιG5330Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralheardἀκούσαντεςG191Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralthatὅτιG3754Conjunction[Jesus] had silencedἐφίμωσενG5392Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralSadduceesΣαδδουκαίουςG4523Noun - Accusative Masculine Pluralthey themselves gatheredσυνήχθησανG4863Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural. . .αὐτόG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular. . .τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingulartogetherἐπὶG1909Preposition
Verse 35

Original words

-καὶG2532ConjunctionOneεἷςG1520Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularofἐξG1537PrepositionthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Pluralan expert in the lawνομικὸςG3544Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartestedπειράζωνG3985Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularHimαὐτόνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularwith a questionἐπηρώτησενG1905Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 36

Original words

TeacherΔιδάσκαλεG1320Noun - Vocative Masculine SingularwhichποίαG4169Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularcommandmentἐντολὴG1785Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular[is the] greatestμεγάληG3173Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositiontheτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularLawνόμῳG3551Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 37

Original words

-δὲG1161Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine Singular[Jesus] declaredἔφηG5346Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularLoveἈγαπήσειςG25Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular[the] LordκύριονG2962Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularGodΘεόνG2316Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularwithἐνG1722PrepositionallὅλῃG3650Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularheartκαρδίᾳG2588Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwithἐνG1722PrepositionallὅλῃG3650Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularsoulψυχῇG5590Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwithἐνG1722PrepositionallὅλῃG3650Adjective - Dative Feminine SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularmindδιανοίᾳG1271Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Deuteronomy 6:5
Verse 38

Original words

ThisαὕτηG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularisἐστὶνG1510Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularfirstπρώτηG4413Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongreatestμεγάληG3173Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularcommandmentἐντολήG1785Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 39

Original words

AndδὲG1161Conjunction[the] secondδευτέραG1208Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular[is] likeὁμοίαG3664Adjective - Nominative Feminine SingularitαὐτῇG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person SingularLoveἈγαπήσειςG25Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person SingularyourσουG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular-τὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularneighborπλησίονG4139AdverbasὡςG5613AdverbyourselfσεαυτόνG4572Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular

BSB notes

  • Leviticus 19:18
Verse 40

Original words

AllὅλοςG3650Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingulartheG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularLawνόμοςG3551Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralProphetsπροφῆταιG4396Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralhangκρέματαιG2910Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularonἐνG1722PrepositiontheseταύταιςG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine PluraltwoδυσὶνG1417Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralcommandmentsἐντολαῖςG1785Noun - Dative Feminine Plural

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