THE GREATEST
COMMANDMENT & THE QUESTION ABOUT DAVID’S SON
3RD
Tuesday of Lent
Read Matthew 22:34-46
The Pharisees and Sadducees were good at keeping the letter
of the Law while forsaking the spirit of the Law. Which is more important to you, the letter or
the spirit? Why?
Which do you think God cares about more? Why?
Notes on the text:
Verses 37-40: The Law was written to be of service to the
people who kept it, to remind them they were a people set apart to serve God,
and to ensure that all in the midst of Israel were treated fairly. Jesus sums up all 613 laws in the Old
Testament in this one statement.
Verse 44 is a quote from Psalm 110:1. In the first century, all the Psalms were
commonly believed to have been written by King David.
In chapter 1, Matthew has already shown a direct line of
descent from David to Jesus. Verses
41-46 are meant to show that although Jesus is the son of David, he is also
someone greater.
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