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Matthew 22:41-46 CEV (41) While the Pharisees were still there, Jesus asked them, (42) "What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?" They answered, "He will be a son of King David." (43) Jesus replied, "How then could the Spirit lead David to call the Messiah his Lord? David said, (44) 'The [LORD (  יהוה  )] said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you.' [Psalm 110:1] (45) If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah (also) be a son of King David?" (46) No one was able to give Jesus an answer, and from that day on, no one dared ask him any more questions.

Matthew 22:41-46 NWT 41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them: 42 "What do YOU think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him: "David's." 43 He said to them: "How, then, is it that David by inspiration calls him 'Lord,' saying, 44 'Jehovah (  יהוה  ) said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet"'? [Psalm 110:1] 45 If, therefore, David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?” 46 And nobody was able to say a word in reply to him, nor did anyone dare from that day on to question him any further.

Matthew 22:41-46 GNB (41) When some Pharisees gathered together, Jesus asked them, (42) "What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?" "He is David's descendant," they answered. (43) "Why, then," Jesus asked, "did the Spirit inspire David to call him 'Lord'? David said, (44) 'The [LORD (  יהוה  )] said to my Lord: Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet.' [Psalm 110:1] (45) If, then, David called him 'Lord,' how can the Messiah be David's descendant?" (46) No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Matthew 22:41-46 ALT (41) Now the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus questioned them, (42) saying, "What do you* think concerning the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They say to Him, "David's." (43) He says to them, "How then does David in [or, by] the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying, (44) 'The LORD (  יהוה  ) said to my Lord, "Be sitting at My right hand, until I put Your enemies [as] a footstool for Your feet?"' [Psalm 110:1] (45) "So if David calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his Son?" (46) And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor dared anyone from that day to question Him any more.

Matthew 22:41-46 LITV (41) But the Pharisees having been gathered, Jesus questioned them, (42) saying, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He? They say to Him, David's. (43) He said to them, Then how does David in Spirit call Him Lord, saying, (44) "The [LORD (  יהוה  )] said to my Lord, Sit off My right until I should put Your hostile ones as a footstool for Your feet?" Psa. 110:1 (45) Then if David calls Him Lord, how is He his son? (46) And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any more.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation