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Mark 12:36 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. "
Mark 12:36
Verse in Context
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34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
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Mark 12:1
"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."
Mark 12:2
"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."
Mark 12:3
"And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty."
Mark 12:4
"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled."
Mark 12:5
"And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some."
Mark 12:6
"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."
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