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Luke 20:44
Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
from Whose Son Is the Christ?, Luke 20:41-44
What it says

If David calls him Lord, Jesus asks how he can also be David’s son.

What it is doing

The final question presses the tension in the title.

In context

41Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David? 42For David himself says in the book of Psalms: 43until I make Your enemies 44Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”