Mark 12:35-37

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³⁵Jesus began to say, as He taught in [a portico or court of] the temple, “^[a]How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?^(A) ³⁶David himself said [when inspired] by the Holy Spirit,

‘The Lord (the Father) said to my Lord (the Son, the Messiah),
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’^(B)

³⁷David himself calls Him (the Son, the Messiah) ‘Lord’; so how can it be that He is ^[b]David’s Son?” The large crowd enjoyed hearing Jesus and listened to Him with delight.

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Footnotes

Mark 12:35 It is no coincidence that Jesus raises this question after His preceding discussion with the lawyer/scribe. Matthew (22:35) notes that the lawyer had questioned Jesus to test Him. His goal was to extract from Jesus the admission that there is only one God (see v 32), and eventually to use that admission against Him when He claimed to be the Son of God and therefore God Himself. In reality, Jesus had admitted nothing that posed a problem for the concept of one God existing as three distinct Persons, and He drew attention to this fact by raising the issue of David’s relationship to the Messiah.
Mark 12:37 Lit his.