Mark 12:35

And while teaching in the temple, Jesus said in answer: “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

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In The King James Version

And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

In Context

34And Jesus, seeing that he had responded wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to question him.

36For David himself said in the Holy Spirit: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I set your enemies as your footstool.’

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Cross References

Matthew 9:27And as Jesus passed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, “Take pity on us, Son of David.”

Matthew 26:55In that same hour, Jesus said to the crowds: “You went out, as if to a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me. Yet I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not take hold of me.

Luke 19:47And he was teaching in the temple daily. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him.

Luke 20:41But he said to them: “How can they say that the Christ is the son of David?

John 7:42Does Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:29-35

The Hopeful Scribe. 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →

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