True Devotion | Mark 12:35-44
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Divinity
Deception
Devotion
Mark 12:35
35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mark 12:29-31
29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:34b
And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Mark 12:35
35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mark 12:36
David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’
Mark 12:37
37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
Romans 1:3-4
3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David[a] according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Divinity
Deception
Mark 12:38-39
38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
Mark 12:38-40a
38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers.
James 3:1
3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Mark 12:38-40
38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
Divinity
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Devotion
Mark 12:41-42
41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.[a]
Mark 12:43-44
43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
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Mark 12:37
37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.