Mark 12:35-37

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Jesus criticises the scribes’ teaching and behaviour

^35-36 Later, while Jesus was teaching in the Temple he remarked, “How can the scribes make out that Christ is David’s son, for David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool’.

³⁷ David is himself calling Christ ‘Lord’—where do they get the idea that he is his son?”