Tobit 11:5-17; Mark 12:35-37
Today’s short Gospel from Mark seems to encapsulate one of the themes important to the early church about Jesus’ identity. He is shown in the temple responding to some scribes who held that the Christ is the son of David. Jesus quotes Psalm 110, in which the author, presumed to be David, calls the Christ his Lord. How can he be his son if he is Lord? The crowds delight to hear Jesus win the debate. Early in his Gospel (1:22), Mark says the crowds were amazed at Jesus because “he spoke with authority, unlike their scribes.”