In Matthew 22:34-46 there a couple of things happening.  Jesus is in his final days in Jerusalem.  He is in the temple and is confronted by the Pharisees.  They have asked Jesus what is the most important of God’s commandments.  As scholars of the Old Testament they have a very clear understanding of the answer, and are hoping that Jesus has a contradictory answer that they might be able to use against him.  Instead, Jesus’ answer is exactly what would be expected from someone who understands scripture.   22:37 He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”   But Jesus goes continues the answer with, “22:38 This is the greatest and first commandment.  22:39 And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

And Jesus turns the situation with his own question, who do they think is the father of the Messiah?  The Pharisees did believe in a coming Messiah, who would bring peace and justice to the world.  He would be from the ancestry of David, but they did not necessarily believe he would be divine.

Their answer of course was David.  But Jesus countered with 22:43 "How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,  (Psalm 110:1) 22:44 “The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet?”  22:45 "If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"  For this the Pharisees had no answer, and no one asked Jesus any more questions.