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Matthew 22:35

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

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

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

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

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

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
KJV
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
WEB
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
ASV
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
DARBY
And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,
BLB
And one of them, a lawyer, questioned, testing Him,
ÅB
og en av dem – en lovkyndig – spurte for å teste ham:
OTB
En av dem, en lovkyndig, prøvde ham med dette spørsmålet:
B1930
og en av dem, en lovkyndig, spurte for å friste ham:

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Cross references

  • Luke 7:30

    But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.

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  • Luke 10:25–37

    One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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  • Luke 11:52

    Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

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  • Luke 11:45–46

    One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

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  • Luke 14:3

    So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

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  • Matthew 22:18

    But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

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  • Titus 3:13

    Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.

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