Mark 12:28

Context

The Greatest Commandment

12:28 Now¹ one of the experts in the law² came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus³ answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Mark 14:21

Context
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.”

[12:28] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[12:28] ²tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[12:28] ³tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.