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This week our text is Mark 12:35-44. This post is only going to reference up through verse 40. I don’t want to spoil anything for Sunday!
Please Pray and ask God to open your eyes to see what He is saying here, then Read and Interact with the questions provided.
Whose Son Is the Christ?
35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 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.”’ 37 David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
- This reference in verse 36 can be found where? What is the larger context to that which is happening when David says this originally?
- What is Jesus’ main point when he says things like this in verses 36 and 37?
- Why do you think that the crowd in verse 37 heard Jesus “gladly”?
Beware of the Scribes
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.”
- Jesus gives a stern word of warning to beware the “Scribes”.
a. what is the importance of a long robe?
b. what does He mean by the Scribes “liking greetings in the marketplaces?”
c. what significance do “the best seats” hold? Are they like 50-yard line seats or are they cultural?
d. What do you think it means to devour a widow’s house?
e. What do you think the “greater condemnation” will be?
Bringing it home…
1. Has there been a time where any of these things might have been true of us?
2. Why do you think that Jesus has strong words and feelings about these behaviors?
3. Pray that in all of your following of Jesus, that these things might not be said of you and ask God to give you the insight to catch these instances if they ever happen.
By Dan Bender