One of the Sadducees, a lawyer, in an attempt to trip him up, asked him, "Teacher, which commandment of the law is the greatest?" Jesus said to him:
'You shall love the Lord your God
with your whole heart,
with your whole soul,
and with all your mind.'
"This is the greatest and first commandment. The second is like it:
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
"On these two commandments the whole law is based, and the prophets as well."
In turn Jesus put a question to the assembled Pharisees, "What is your opinion about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" "David's," they answered. He said to them, "Then how is it that David under the Spirit's influence calls him 'lord,' as he does:
'The Lord said to my lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I humble your enemies beneath your feet" '?
"If David calls him 'lord,' how can he be his son?" No one could give him an answer; therefore no one dared, from that day on, to ask him any questions.