KJV King James Version
Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 22:35
Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
WEB World English Bible
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
ASV American Standard Version
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,
Surrounding context — Matthew 22
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitude heard [this], they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
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Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.Luke 10:25-37And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?Luke 11:52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.Luke 11:45-46Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.Luke 14:3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?Titus 3:13Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, [ye] hypocrites?Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
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