Mark 12:9

Mark 12:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
• New International Version (NIV)“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
• English Standard Version (ESV)What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others.

Context of Mark 12:9

7But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 11This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Mark 12:9 word by word

τί οὖν ποιήσει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος; ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀπολέσει τοὺς γεωργοὺς καὶ δώσει τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἄλλοις.Read the interlinear

• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• will theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ownerκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• vineyardἀμπελώνampelōn · vineyardG290
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• He will comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• killἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• tenantsγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• to othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243

Cross-references for Mark 12:9

• Matthew 21:40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
• Leviticus 26:15and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 28:61The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
• Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
• Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
• Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
• Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
• Matthew 12:45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
• Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
• Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
• Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
• Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Commentaries on Mark 12:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And will give the vineyard unto others - The vineyard must not perish with the husbandmen; it is still capable of producing much fruit, if it be properly cultivated. I will give it into the care of new vine-dressers, the evangelists and apostles. - And under their ministry, multitudes were brought to God before the destruction of Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46. See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The parable ends with two rhetorical questions (compare 3:23, 33; 4:13; 7:18; 8:12). The first question matches the response of the “LORD of Hosts” in Isaiah’s parable of the vineyard (Isaiah 5:5–7). Some interpreters believe Jesus meant that God would replace the unfaithful Jewish leaders (Mark 11:27; 12:12) with faithful leaders. However, the first people hearing Mark’s Gospel likely understood the others who would receive the vineyard to include the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings