Note 3 at Mk. 12:28: Matthew's account says that this scribe was also a lawyer and that he asked this question to tempt Jesus (Mt. 22:35). Mark's account would lead us to believe that this lawyer was sincere in his question. By comparing the two records, we can see that the lawyer's original intent was to snare Jesus but that he had been swayed through the words of Jesus into agreement with Him. This was not the first time that the enemies of Jesus were overcome by the wisdom with which Jesus spoke ( Jn. 7:32,45-46).