Passage
He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,
He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,
Matthew 22:41 And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,
Matthew 22:42 saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'
Matthew 22:43 He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,
Matthew 22:44 The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?
Matthew 22:45 If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'
The verse centers on "Spirit", "saith", "doth", "david", "call", "lord", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 42's "saying What do ye think concerning the..." into verse 44's "The Lord said to my lord Sit...", so "Spirit" and "saith" 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 "Spirit" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.