Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 22:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 22:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 22:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, a person asked Jesus which rule is the most important one. Jesus explained that loving God with all your heart is the biggest rule of all.

Matthew 22:35: Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

Contradiction with James 1:5

Contradicts by suggesting that God gives wisdom to everyone liberally, whereas Matthew 22:35 shows a lawyer testing Jesus as if wisdom were limited.

James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Encourages trusting in the Lord without questioning, whereas Matthew 22:35 involves testing or questioning Jesus.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10-12

States no one is righteous or seeks God on their own, implying all attempts to test divine ways like in Matthew 22:35 are flawed.

Romans 3:10-12: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:14

Suggests the natural man cannot comprehend spiritual things, contradicting the lawyer’s attempt to challenge Jesus with spiritual understanding.

1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Declares God's judgments unsearchable, opposing the idea of subjecting Jesus to a test as the lawyer does.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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