Matthew 22:44 (WEB)

Passage

‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’Psalm 110:1

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:42 saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

Matthew 22:43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

Matthew 22:44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’Psalm 110:1

Matthew 22:45 “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "said", "right", "hand", "until", "make", and "enemies". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "He said to them How then does..." into verse 45's "If then David calls him Lord how...", so "lord" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.