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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/matthew/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, questioned <i>Him</i>, testing Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then one of them, <i>which was</i> a lawyer, asked <i>him a question</i>, tempting him, and saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then one of them, a lawyer, asked <i>Him a question,</i> testing Him, and saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him <i>a question,</i> testing Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And one of them, a scholar of the Law, asked <i>Him</i> a question, testing Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus <i>a question,</i> to test Him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him:&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One of them was an expert in the Jewish Law. So he tried to test Jesus by asking, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in Moses' Teachings, tested Jesus by asking,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />One of them, a Law scholar, asked him a question, testing him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then one of them who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and one of them, a lawyer, questioned, tempting Him, and saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, a lawyer, questioned <i>Him</i>, testing Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And one of them, skilled in the law, asked, tempting him, and saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And one of them who knew the law, asked him, testing him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/22.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And one of them who knew The Written Law asked him while testing him:<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/22.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, that he might tempt him, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/22.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And one of them, a theologian, tempting Him, asked Him also, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/22.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />and one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, to make trial of him, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/22.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />In the mean time one of them, a Doctor of the law, to try him, started this question, master,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/22.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />and one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, tempting Him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/22.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />they gathered together again, and one of them, an interpreter of the law, propounded a question, to try Him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/22-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=6625" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm">The Greatest Commandment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34</span>And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: heis (Adj-NMS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">One</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them,</a> <a href="/greek/3544.htm" title="3544: nomikos (Adj-NMS) -- From nomos; according to law, i.e. Legal; as noun, an expert in the law.">an expert in the law,</a> <a href="/greek/3985.htm" title="3985: peirazōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.">tested</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him</a> <a href="/greek/1905.htm" title="1905: epērōtēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.">with a question:</a> </span> <span class="reftext">36</span>“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a></span><br />And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a></span><br />Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-28.htm">Mark 12:28-31</a></span><br />Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” / Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. / Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25-28</a></span><br />One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” / “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” / He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-8.htm">Romans 13:8-10</a></span><br />Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. / The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” / Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-14.htm">Galatians 5:14</a></span><br />The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-8.htm">James 2:8</a></span><br />If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7-8</a></span><br />Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. / Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-20.htm">1 John 4:20-21</a></span><br />If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. / And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-34.htm">John 13:34-35</a></span><br />A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. / By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-12.htm">John 15:12-13</a></span><br />This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. / Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-1.htm">1 Corinthians 13:1-3</a></span><br />If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-13.htm">1 Corinthians 13:13</a></span><br />And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a></span><br />and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-14.htm">Colossians 3:14</a></span><br />And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,</p><p class="hdg">a lawyer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/7-30.htm">Luke 7:30</a></b></br> But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25</a></b></br> And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/11-45.htm">Luke 11:45,46,52</a></b></br> Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also… </p><p class="hdg">tempting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Matthew 22:18</a></b></br> But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, <i>ye</i> hypocrites?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/10-2.htm">Mark 10:2</a></b></br> And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away <i>his</i> wife? tempting him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Demanded</a> <a href="/daniel/8-23.htm">Expert</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">Expounder</a> <a href="/titus/3-13.htm">Lawyer</a> <a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Question</a> <a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Tempting</a> <a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Test</a> <a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/matthew/22-18.htm">Trying</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/22-41.htm">Demanded</a> <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Expert</a> <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Expounder</a> <a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Lawyer</a> <a href="/matthew/22-41.htm">Question</a> <a href="/matthew/22-36.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/mark/8-11.htm">Tempting</a> <a href="/matthew/26-41.htm">Test</a> <a href="/mark/1-13.htm">Tested</a> <a href="/mark/8-11.htm">Testing</a> <a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Trying</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-1.htm">The parable of the marriage of the king's son.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-9.htm">The vocation of the Gentiles.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-12.htm">The punishment of him who lacked a wedding garment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-15.htm">Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-34.htm">answers which is the first and great commandment;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/22-41.htm">and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messiah.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>One of them</b><br>This phrase refers to a member of the Pharisees, a religious group known for their strict adherence to the Jewish law. The Pharisees were often in opposition to Jesus, challenging His teachings and authority. This context sets the stage for a confrontation between Jesus and the religious leaders of His time.<p><b>an expert in the law</b><br>The expert in the law, also known as a scribe, was a scholar well-versed in the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Scribes were respected authorities on Jewish law and tradition, often serving as teachers and interpreters. Their role was crucial in maintaining the religious and legal standards of Jewish society.<p><b>tested Him with a question</b><br>The intention behind the question was not genuine curiosity but rather to trap Jesus in His words. This was a common tactic used by the Pharisees and scribes to discredit Jesus and find grounds to accuse Him. The testing of Jesus echoes the testing of God by the Israelites in the wilderness, highlighting a recurring theme of human resistance to divine authority.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in the New Testament, Jesus is the one being questioned. He is known for His teachings, miracles, and ultimately, His sacrificial death and resurrection.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/expert_in_the_law.htm">Expert in the Law</a></b><br>This refers to a Pharisee, a member of a Jewish sect known for strict adherence to the Law of Moses. The expert is testing Jesus, likely to challenge His authority or to trap Him in His words.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm">Pharisees</a></b><br>A religious group in Judaism during the time of Jesus, known for their emphasis on the law and traditions. They often opposed Jesus and His teachings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, the events of <a href="/bsb/matthew/22.htm">Matthew 22</a> occur in Jerusalem, the religious and cultural center of Jewish life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/testing.htm">Testing</a></b><br>The act of questioning Jesus was not merely inquisitive but was intended to challenge or discredit Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_law.htm">Understanding the Law</a></b><br>The Pharisees' focus on the letter of the law often missed the spirit of the law, which is love. Jesus redirects the focus to the heart of the commandments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_greatest_commandment.htm">The Greatest Commandment</a></b><br>Jesus' response to the expert highlights the importance of love as the foundation of all commandments. Love for God and neighbor encapsulates the essence of the Law.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/testing_god.htm">Testing God</a></b><br>The Pharisees' attempt to test Jesus serves as a warning against approaching God with insincerity or ulterior motives. Our questions should seek truth and understanding, not to challenge God's authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_of_scripture.htm">Application of Scripture</a></b><br>Jesus demonstrates how to apply Scripture to real-life situations, showing that true understanding of God's Word leads to love and action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_over_ritual.htm">Heart over Ritual</a></b><br>The emphasis on love over ritualistic adherence to the law challenges believers to examine their own faith practices and ensure they are rooted in genuine love for God and others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_paul_prioritize_faith_over_teachings.htm">Why does Paul focus on faith over Jesus' actual teachings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_loving_your_neighbor.htm">What is loving your neighbor as yourself?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_jesus'_teachings_relate_to_613_laws.htm">How do Jesus' teachings relate to the 613 commandments?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_old_testament_seem_harsh.htm">Matthew 22:34-40: If loving God and neighbor is the greatest commandment, why does the Old Testament contain many laws that appear unloving or harsh?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">A lawyer.</span>--The precise distinction between the "lawyer" and the other scribes rested, probably, on technicalities that have left little or no trace behind them. The word suggests the thought of a section of the scribes who confined their attention to the Law, while the others included in their studies the writings of the Prophets also. In <a href="/luke/7-30.htm" title="But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.">Luke 7:30</a>; <a href="/luke/11-45.htm" title="Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying you reproach us also.">Luke 11:45</a>, they appear as distinct from the Pharisees. The question asked by the "lawyer" here and in <a href="/luke/10-25.htm" title="And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?">Luke 10:25</a> falls in with this view. So it would seem, in <a href="/titus/3-13.htm" title="Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting to them.">Titus 3:13</a>, that Zenas the "lawyer" was sent for to settle the strivings about the Law that prevailed in Crete.<p><span class= "bld">Tempting him.</span>--There does not appear to have been in this instance any hostile purpose in the mind of the questioner; nor does the word necessarily imply it. (Comp. <a href="/john/6-6.htm" title="And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.">John 6:6</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/13-5.htm" title="Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates?">2Corinthians 13:5</a>, where it is used in the sense of "trying," "examining.") It would seem, indeed, as if our Lord's refutation of the Sadducees had drawn out a certain measure of sympathy and reverence from those whose minds were not hardened in hypocrisy. They came now to test His teaching on other points. What answer would He give to the much-debated question of the schools, as to which was the great commandment of the Law? Would He fix on circumcision, or the Sabbath, or tithes, or sacrifice, as that which held the place of pre-eminence? The fact that they thus, as it were, examined Him as if they were His judges, showed an utterly imperfect recognition of His claims as a Prophet and as the Christ; but the "lawyer" who appeared as their representative was, at least, honest in his purpose, and "not far from the kingdom of God" (<a href="/mark/12-34.htm" title="And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that dared ask him any question.">Mark 12:34</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A lawyer;</span> <span class="greek">νομικός</span>, called by St. Mark "a scribe" - a term of wider signification, which would include "lawyers." Vulgate, <span class="accented">legis doctor</span>, which gives the right sense; for such were teachers and expounders of the Mosaic Law. This man was put forth by the Pharisees as an expert, who would not be so easily discomfited as the Sadducees had been. <span class="cmt_word">Tempting him.</span> Trying him (comp. <a href="/1_kings/10-1.htm">1 Kings 10:1</a>); putting him to the test, not altogether maliciously, but partly from curiosity, and partly from a desire to hear Christ's opinion on a much disputed point. It is evident, from St. Mark's account, that Christ was pleased with him personally, for he said to him, "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." Those who put this lawyer forward had, of course, sinister motives, and hoped to make capital from Christ's answer; but the man himself seems to have been straightforward and honest. We have had the terra "tempting" used in a hostile sense (<a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Matthew 16:1</a>; <a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Matthew 19:3</a>), but there is no necessity for so taking it; and it seems to imply here merely the renewal of the attack on Christ. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/22-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">One</span><br /><span class="grk">εἷς</span> <span class="translit">(heis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> </span><span class="str2">One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξ</span> <span class="translit">(ex)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them,</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an expert in the law,</span><br /><span class="grk">νομικὸς</span> <span class="translit">(nomikos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3544.htm">Strong's 3544: </a> </span><span class="str2">From nomos; according to law, i.e. Legal; as noun, an expert in the law.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tested</span><br /><span class="grk">πειράζων</span> <span class="translit">(peirazōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3985.htm">Strong's 3985: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτόν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a question:</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπηρώτησεν</span> <span class="translit">(epērōtēsen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1905.htm">Strong's 1905: </a> </span><span class="str2">To interrogate, question, demand of. 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