Mark 12:1

Mark 12:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.

Context of Mark 12:1

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. 2At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Mark 12:1 word by word

Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν· ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησενRead the interlinear

• And He beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
• to speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• A manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• plantedφυτεύωphuteuō · to plantG5452
• a vineyardἀμπελώνampelōn · vineyardG290
• and putπεριτίθημιperitithēmi · to put onG4060
• wallφραγμόςphragmos · fenceG5418
• it, and dugὀρύσσωorussō · to digG3736
• a vatὑπολήνιονhupolēnion · troughG5276
• and builtοἰκοδομέωoikodomeō · to buildG3618
• a towerπύργοςpurgos · towerG4444
• and rentedἐκδίδωμιekdidōmi · to leaseG1554
• vine-growersγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
• and wentἀποδημέωapodēmeō · to go abroadG589

Cross-references for Mark 12:1

• Mark 4:2And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
• Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”
• Matthew 13:10And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
• Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’
• Matthew 22:1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
• Luke 8:10And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
• Luke 22:9They said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”
• Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
• Luke 20:9And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
• Psalms 80:8You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
• Isaiah 5:1Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
• Jeremiah 2:21Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
• Luke 13:6And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.
• John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
• Romans 11:17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,
• Nehemiah 9:13Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.

Commentaries on Mark 12:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1A certain man planted a vineyard - See this parable explained, Matthew 21:33-41; (note).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
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The parable of the vineyard and husbandmen. (1-12) Question about tribute. (13-17) Concerning the resurrection. (18-27) The great command of the law. (28-34) Christ the Son and yet the Lord of David. (35-40) The poor widow commended. (41-44) Verses 1-12 Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1speak to them: This refers to the religious leaders mentioned earlier in 11:27 (also in 12:12). The beginning description of the story comes from Isaiah 5:1–7. The people Jesus was speaking to knew the book of Isaiah well. They would have quickly recognized this symbolic story, in which each part of the vineyard had a special meaning.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 12:1

• Capital and Labor
• Church
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• Hedge
• Husbandman
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lease
• Malfeasance in Office
• Reproof
• Self-Condemnation
• Servant
• Unfaithfulness
• Vineyard
• Wicked (People)
• Wine Press

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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