Mark 12:35
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
What it says
Jesus asks how the scribes can say that the Christ is the Son of David.
What it is doing
The verse raises the question of the Messiah’s identity.
In context
35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: 37David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”