Bible Text: September 2, 2007

 

Mark 12

The Parable of the Tenants

 1^(A) And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted^(B) a vineyard^(C) and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and^(D) leased it to tenants and^(E) went into another country. 2When the season came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3^(F) And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4^(G) Again^(H) he sent to them another servant, and^(I) they struck him on the head and^(J) treated him shamefully. 5^(K) And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6He had still one other,^(L) a beloved son.^(M) Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 7But those tenants said to one another,^(N) 'This is the heir. Come,^(O) let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 8And they took him and killed him and^(P) threw him out of the vineyard. 9What will the owner of the vineyard do?^(Q) He will^(R) come and destroy the tenants and^(S) give the vineyard to others. 10^(T) Have you not read^(U) this Scripture:

   ^(V) "'The stone that the builders rejected
   has become the cornerstone;^[b]
11this was the Lord’s doing,
   and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

 12And^(W) they were seeking to arrest him^(X) but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they^(Y) left him and went away.

Footnotes:

1. Mark 12:2 Greek bondservant; also verse 4
2. Mark 12:10 Greek the head of the corner

Cross references:

1. Mark 12:1 : For Mark 12:1-12, Matt 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19
2. Mark 12:1 : Psalm 80:8; Isa 5:1; Matt 21:28
3. Mark 12:1 : Isa 5:2
4. Mark 12:1 : Song 8:11, 12
5. Mark 12:1 : Mark 13:34; Matt 25:14, 15
6. Mark 12:3 : Matt 5:12; 22:6; 23:34, 37; 2 Chr 24:19; 36:15, 16; Neh 9:26; Jer 37:15; 38:6; Acts 7:52; 2 Cor 11:24-26; 1 Thess 2:15; Heb 11:36, 37
7. Mark 12:4 : Mark 12:3
8. Mark 12:4 : Matt 22:4
9. Mark 12:4 : Acts 14:19
10. Mark 12:4 : Acts 5:41 (Gk)
11. Mark 12:5 : Mark 12:3
12. Mark 12:6 : Matt 3:17
13. Mark 12:6 : Heb 1:1
14. Mark 12:7 : Heb 1:2; John 1:11; Rom 8:17
15. Mark 12:7 : 1 Kgs 21:19
16. Mark 12:8 : Heb 13:12
17. Mark 12:9 : Luke 19:27
18. Mark 12:9 : Matt 24:50; 25:19
19. Mark 12:9 : Matt 21:43; Acts 13:46; 18:6; 28:28; Matt 8:11, 12
20. Mark 12:10 : Matt 21:16
21. Mark 12:10 : Luke 4:21; Acts 8:35
22. Mark 12:10 : Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:7; Psalm 118:22, 23
23. Mark 12:12 : Mark 11:18; Luke 19:47, 48; John 7:25, 30, 44; Matt 26:4
24. Mark 12:12 : Mark 11:32
25. Mark 12:12 : Matt 22:22