Matthew 22:35-36
Matthew 22:34-36 The Message (MSG)
When the Pharisees heard how he had bested the Sadducees, they gathered their forces for an assault. One of their religion scholars spoke for them, posing a question they hoped would show him up: “Teacher, which command in God’s Law is the most important?”
Matthew 22:35-36 King James Version (KJV)
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew 22:35-36 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
Matthew 22:35-36 New Century Version (NCV)
One Pharisee, who was an expert on the law of Moses, asked Jesus this question to test him: “Teacher, which command in the law is the most important?”
Matthew 22:35-36 American Standard Version (ASV)
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him: Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew 22:35-36 New International Version (NIV)
One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Matthew 22:35-36 New King James Version (NKJV)
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
Matthew 22:35-36 Amplified Bible (AMP)
One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” [Mark 12:28]
Matthew 22:35-36 New Living Translation (NLT)
One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”