The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus the ^[c]Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

²³ And all the crowds were amazed and were saying, “This man cannot be the ^(A)Son of David, can he?”

²² And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, ^(A)Son of David; my daughter is severely ^(B)demon-possessed.”

³⁰ And two people who were blind, sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, ^(A)have mercy on us, ^(B)Son of David!” ³¹ But the crowd sternly warned them to be quiet; yet they cried out all the more, “Lord, ^(C)Son of David, have mercy on us!”

⁹ Now the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,

¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, “^[a]Hosanna to the ^(A)Son of David,” they became indignant,

⁴² “What do you think about the ^[a]Christ? Whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “^(A)The son of David.”

⁴⁷ And when he heard that it was Jesus the ^(A)Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, ^(B)Son of David, have mercy on me!” ⁴⁸ Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “^(C)Son of David, have mercy on me!”

^35 (A)And Jesus responded and began saying, as He ^(B)taught in the temple area, “How is it that the scribes say that the ^[a]Christ is the ^(C)son of David?