Mark 12:28

The Greatest Commandment

12:28 Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Mark 14:21

14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”


tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.