Mark 12:35-40

New King James Version

Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?^(A)

^35 (B)Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? ³⁶ For David himself said ^(C)by the Holy Spirit:

³⁷ Therefore David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his ^(E)Son?”

And the common people heard Him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes^(F)

³⁸ Then ^(G)He said to them in His teaching, ^(H)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, ^(I)love greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ the ^(J)best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, ^40 (K)who devour widows’ houses, and ^[a]for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”