Mark 12
12
The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
1Then # Mt 21:33-46; Lk 20:9-19 He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, # Gn 9:20 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. 2At harvest time he sent # Mk 3:14 a slave # Mt 10:24 to the farmers to collect some of the fruit # Mt 3:8; 7:16 of the vineyard from the farmers. 3But they took him, beat # Lk 22:63 him, and sent him away empty-handed. # Col 2:8 4Again he sent another slave to them, and they # Other mss add threw stones and hit him on the head and treated him shamefully. # Other mss add and sent him off 5Then 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 # Eph 1:6; Phm 1 son. Finally # Heb 1:1-2 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! ’ 8So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9“Therefore, what will the owner # Or lord # Col 3:22 of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others. 10Haven’t you read this Scripture: # Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20
The # Ps 118:22-23 stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone. # Lit the head of the corner # Ac 4:11; 1Pt 2:7
11This came from the Lord # Col 4:1; Jd 5
and is wonderful in our eyes? ” # Ps 118:22-23
12Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.
God and Caesar
13Then # Mt 22:15-22; Lk 20:20-26 they sent some of the Pharisees # Mk 7:3 and the Herodians # Mk 3:6 to Him to trap Him by what He said. # Lit trap Him in (a) word # Lk 11:54 14When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality # Lit don’t look on the face of men ; that is, on the outward appearance # Dt 1:17 but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes # Mt 17:25 to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay, or should we not pay? ”
But knowing their hypocrisy, # Mt 23:28; Lk 12:1; Gl 2:13; 1Tm 4:2; 1Pt 2:1 He said to them, “Why are you testing # Jms 1:13 Me? Bring Me a denarius # Mt 18:28 to look at.” 16So they brought one. “Whose image # Rv 13:14 and inscription # Mk 15:26; Lk 23:38 is this? ” He asked them.
“Caesar’s,” they said.
17Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” # Rm 13:7 And they were amazed # Rv 17:6 at Him.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
18Some # Mt 22:23-33; Lk 20:27-40 Sadducees, # Ac 23:6 who say there is no resurrection, # Ac 1:22 came to Him and questioned Him: 19“Teacher, # Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 Moses # Ps 77:20; Mt 8:4; Heb 3:2 wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, # Lk 1:7 his brother should take the wife # Mt 1:6 and produce offspring for his brother. # Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5-10 # Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5 20There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring. 21The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22So the seven # Other mss add had taken her and left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died too. 23In the resurrection, when they rise, # Other mss omit when they rise whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her? ” # Lit the seven had her as a wife
24Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures # Mt 26:54; 2Pt 1:20 or the power # Lk 1:35; 6:19 of God? # 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17 25For when they rise # Lk 18:33 from the dead, # Jn 5:25; 20:9 they neither marry nor are given in marriage # 1Tm 5:14 but are like angels # Mt 13:49; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6 in heaven. 26Now concerning the dead being raised — haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I # Ex 3:6,15-16 am the God of Abraham # Gl 3:6 and the God of Isaac # Jms 2:21 and the God of Jacob? # Mt 1:2; Lk 1:33 # Ex 3:6,15-16 27He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”
The Primary Commands
28One # Mt 22:34-40 of the scribes # Mt 2:4 approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all? ” # Lit Which command is first of all?
29“This is the most important,” # Other mss add of all the commands Jesus answered:
Listen, Israel! The Lord # Col 4:1; Jd 5 our God, the Lord # Dt 6:4 is One. # Or The Lord our God is one Lord. 30Love # Lk 6:35 the Lord your God # Dt 6:5; Lk 10:27 with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, # 1Jn 5:20 and with all your strength. # Other mss add This is the first commandment. # Dt 6:4-5; Jos 22:5 # Dt 6:4-5; Jos 22:5
31“The second is: Love your neighbor # Lk 10:29 as yourself. # Lv 19:18; 1Jn 4:21 # Lv 19:18 There is no other command # Mk 7:8 greater than these.”
32Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one # Rm 3:30 else except Him. # Dt 4:35,39; 6:4; Is 37:20; 43:10; 44:6; 45:21 33And to love # Lk 6:35 Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, # Other mss add with all your soul and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” # 1Sm 15:22; Ps 51:16; Hs 6:6; Am 5:22; Mc 6:6-8
34When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” # Mk 1:15 And no one dared # Lk 20:40 to question Him any longer.
The Question about the Messiah
35So # Mt 22:41-46; Lk 20:41-44 Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex, # Ac 21:26 “How can the scribes # Mt 2:4 say that the Messiah # Mt 1:17; Eph 5:2 is the Son of David? # 2Ch 1:1; Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3 36David # Lk 1:27 himself says by the Holy Spirit: # Jn 1:33; Ac 19:21
The Lord # Lk 17:5 declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand # Mt 20:21
until I put Your enemies under Your feet.’ # Ps 110:1 # Ps 110:1
37David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son? ” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.
Warning against the Scribes
38He # Mt 23:1-36; Lk 20:45-47 also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes, # Rv 7:14 and who want greetings in the marketplaces, # Mk 6:56 39the front seats # Lk 11:43 in the synagogues, # Jms 2:2 and the places of honor # Lk 14:7-8 at banquets. # Jn 13:2 40They devour # Gl 5:15 widows’ # Jms 1:27 houses and say long prayers # Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12 just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
The Widow’s Gift
41Sitting # Lk 21:1-4 across from the temple treasury, # Jn 8:20 He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich # Gn 24:35; Rv 2:9 people were putting in large sums. 42And a poor # Mk 14:7 widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. # Lit dropped in two lepta, which is a quadrans ; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use. The quadrans, 1/64 of a daily wage, was the smallest Roman coin. 43Summoning His disciples, # Mt 9:10; Mk 10:10; Lk 6:1; Jn 6:3; Ac 6:1 He said to them, “I assure you: # Ps 72:19; Rv 22:21 This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury. # Jn 8:20 44For they all gave out of their surplus, # 1Co 15:58 but she out of her poverty # Php 4:11 has put in everything she possessed # Lk 15:12 — all she had to live on.” # 1Jn 3:17
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Mark 12
12
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
(Mt 21.33–46; Lk 20.9–19)
1 #
Is 5.1–2
Then Jesus spoke to them in parables: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a hole for the winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he let out the vineyard to tenants and left home on a journey. 2When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. 3The tenants seized the slave, beat him, and sent him back without a thing. 4Then the owner sent another slave; the tenants beat him over the head and treated him shamefully. 5The owner sent another slave, and they killed him; and they treated many others the same way, beating some and killing others. 6The only one left to send was the man's own dear son. Last of all, then, he sent his son to the tenants. ‘I am sure they will respect my son,’ he said. 7But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’ 8So they seized the son and killed him and threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 “What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do?” asked Jesus. “He will come and kill those tenants and hand the vineyard over to others. 10#Ps 118.22–23Surely you have read this scripture:
‘The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
turned out to be the most important of all.
11 This was done by the Lord;
what a wonderful sight it is!’ ”
12The Jewish leaders tried to arrest Jesus, because they knew that he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.
The Question about Paying Taxes
(Mt 22.15–22; Lk 20.20–26)
13Some Pharisees and some members of Herod's party were sent to Jesus to trap him with questions. 14They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you tell the truth, without worrying about what people think. You pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor? Should we pay them or not?”
15But Jesus saw through their trick and answered, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring a silver coin, and let me see it.”
16They brought him one, and he asked, “Whose face and name are these?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
17So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay God what belongs to God.”
And they were amazed at Jesus.
The Question about Rising from Death
(Mt 22.23–33; Lk 20.27–40)
18 #
Acts 23.8
Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, 19#Deut 25.5“Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.’ 20Once there were seven brothers; the eldest got married and died without having children. 21Then the second one married the woman, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother, 22and then to the rest: all seven brothers married the woman and died without having children. Last of all, the woman died. 23Now, when all the dead rise to life on the day of resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her.”
24Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power. 25For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. 26#Ex 3.6Now, as for the dead being raised: haven't you ever read in the Book of Moses the passage about the burning bush? There it is written that God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 27He is the God of the living, not of the dead. You are completely wrong!”
The Great Commandment
(Mt 22.34–40; Lk 10.25–28)
28 #
Lk 10.25–28
A teacher of the Law was there who heard the discussion. He saw that Jesus had given the Sadducees a good answer, so he came to him with a question: “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
29 #
Deut 6.4–5
Jesus replied, “The most important one is this: ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord.#12.29 The Lord our God is the only Lord; or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31#Lev 19.18The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment more important than these two.”
32 #
Deut 4.35
The teacher of the Law said to Jesus, “Well done, Teacher! It is true, as you say, that only the Lord is God and that there is no other god but he. 33#Hos 6.6And to love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is more important than to offer animals and other sacrifices to God.”
34Jesus noticed how wise his answer was, and so he told him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
After this nobody dared to ask Jesus any more questions.
The Question about the Messiah
(Mt 22.41–46; Lk 20.41–44)
35As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked the question, “How can the teachers of the Law say that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? 36#Ps 110.1The Holy Spirit inspired David to say:
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit here on my right
until I put your enemies under your feet.’
37 David himself called him ‘Lord’; so how can the Messiah be David's descendant?”
Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law
(Mt 23.1–36; Lk 20.45–47)
A large crowd was listening to Jesus gladly. 38As he taught them, he said, “Watch out for the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and be greeted with respect in the market place, 39who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts. 40They take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers. Their punishment will be all the worse!”
The Widow's Offering
(Lk 21.1–4)
41As Jesus sat near the temple treasury, he watched the people as they dropped in their money. Many rich men dropped in a lot of money; 42then a poor widow came along and dropped in two little copper coins, worth about a penny. 43He called his disciples together and said to them, “I tell you that this poor widow put more in the offering box than all the others. 44For the others put in what they had to spare of their riches; but she, poor as she is, put in all she had — she gave all she had to live on.”
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