Mark 12:35

And as Jesus was teaching in the temple, he answered and said: How can the Scribes say, that Messiah is the son of David?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 perceived that he replied wisely; and he answered, and said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared again to question him.

36For David himself saith, by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord; Seat thyself on my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a footstool beneath thy feet.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:27And when Jesus had passed from there, two blind men followed after him, and said: Have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!

Matthew 26:55At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me.

Luke 19:47And he taught daily in the temple: and the chief priests and Scribes and Elders of the people, sought to destroy him.

Luke 20:41And he said also to them: How do the Scribes say of Messiah, that he is the son of David?

John 7:42Doth not the scriptures say, That Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town of David?

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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