And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple - and "while the Pharisees were gathered together" (Matthew 22:41).
How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? - How come they to give it out, that Messiah is to be the son of David? In Matthew, Jesus asks them, "What think ye of Christ?" or of the promised and expected Messiah? "Whose son is He (to be)? They say unto Him, The son of David." The sense is the same. "He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord?" (Matthew 22:42-43).