They answered at once, "David's son."
"How is it then," asked Jesus again, "that David in one of the psalms calls him 'Lord'?
"The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand,
Until I put your enemies under your feet.'
"If David calls this coming Christ 'my Lord,' how can he be David's son?"
This they could not answer, and they dared not ask Jesus any more questions. But we know, from the words of the New Testament, that while Christ as a man was sprung from David's line, as the Son of God he was David's Lord.
After this Jesus spoke strong words to the priests, the scribes, and the rulers, for their wickedness of life for their leading the people away from God's will, and for their unjust, cruel purpose to put him to death. He told them that for their sins and the sins of their people, the Temple should be thrown down, the city of Jerusalem should be destroyed, and the land should be made desolate. These were his last words, and when he had spoken them, he rose up to go out of the Temple.
The Greatest Gift; and the Strangers from Afar
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