Mark 12:1-12
The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
1 Then(A) He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard,(B) put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
2 At harvest time he sent(C) a slave(D) to the farmers to collect some of the fruit(E) of the vineyard from the farmers.
3 But they took him, beat(F) him, and sent him away empty-handed.(G)
4 Again he sent another slave to them, and they(a) hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.(b)
5 Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; they beat some and they killed some.
6 “He still had one to send, a beloved(H) son. Finally(I) he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 “But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
Footnotes:
a.
Mark 12:4: Other mss add threw stones and
b.
Mark 12:4: Other mss add and sent him off
c.
Mark 12:9: Or lord
d.
Mark 12:10: Lit the head of the corner
Cross references:
F.
Mark 12:3:
Luke 22:63