&#8220;What do you think about the Christ?<n id="1" /> Whose son is he?&#8221; They said, &#8220;The son of David.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Many scolded<n id="1" /> him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, &#8220;Son of David, have mercy on me!&#8221;

to a virgin engaged<n id="1" /> to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David,<n id="2" /> and the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to myi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Sit at my right hand,i>b>p>

<p class="bodytext">So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:p>

Two<n id="1" /> blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Have mercy<n id="3" /> on us, Lord, Son of David!&#8221;<n id="4" />

The<n id="1" /> crowd scolded<n id="2" /> them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, &#8220;Lord, have mercy on us,<n id="3" /> Son of David!&#8221;

He said to them, &#8220;Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry &#8211;

When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Jesus, Son of David,<n id="2" /> have mercy<n id="3" /> on me!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, &#8220;How is it that the experts in the law<n id="1" /> say that the Christ<n id="2" /> is David&#8217;s son?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodyblock">If David himself calls him &#8216;Lord,&#8217; how can he be his son?&#8221;<n id="1" /> And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.p>

He<n id="1" /> will be great,<n id="2" /> and will be called the Son of the Most High,<n id="3" /> and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father<n id="4" /> David.

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Haven&#8217;t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry &#8211;

And those who were in front<n id="1" /> scolded<n id="2" /> him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted<n id="3" /> even more, &#8220;Son of David, have mercy on me!&#8221;

For David says about him,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>I saw the Lord always in front of me,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shakenb>.i>p>

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Siti>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>at my right handi>b>p>

who said by the Holy Spirit through<n id="1" /> your servant David our forefather,<n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Why do the nationsi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>rage,i>b><n id="4" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and the peoples plot foolishi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>things?i>b>p>

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus<n id="1" /> from the dead, never<n id="2" /> again to be<n id="3" /> in a state of decay, God<n id="4" /> has spoken in this way: &#8216;<b><i>I will give youi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>the holy and trustworthy promisesi>b><n id="6" /> <b><i>made to Davidi>b>.&#8217;<n id="7" />

For David, after he had served<n id="1" /> God&#8217;s purpose in his own generation, died,<n id="2" /> was buried with his ancestors,<n id="3" /> and experienced<n id="4" /> decay,

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>After thisi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>Ii>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>will return,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and I will rebuild the fallen tenti>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>of David;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>I will rebuild its ruins and restorei>b><n id="4" /> <b><i>it,i>b>p>