New King James Version
Mark 12:7
7But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Mark 12:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
- New International Version (NIV)“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But the tenant farmers said to one another, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’
Context of Mark 12:7
5And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some. 6Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8So they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard. 9“Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others.
Read all of Mark 12Mark 12:7 word by word
ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- husbandmenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- husbandmenγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- amongπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- the heirκληρονόμοςklēronomos · heirG2818
- comeδεῦτεdeute · comeG1205
- let us killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- the inheritanceκληρονομίαklēronomia · inheritanceG2817
- oursἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for Mark 12:7
- Mark 12:12And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.
- Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
- Genesis 37:20Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”
- Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
- Isaiah 49:7Thus says the Lord, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall worship, Because of the Lord who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel; And He has chosen You.”
- Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
- Matthew 2:3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- John 11:47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs.
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
- Acts 5:28saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
- Acts 13:27For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.
Commentaries on Mark 12:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7This is the heir - So they appear to have acknowledged in their consciences that this was the Messiah, the heir of all things. The inheritance shall be ours - By slaying him we shall maintain our authority, and keep possession of our revenues.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. 7The reasoning of the tenants is unclear to us, although it was apparently clear to the original hearers, requiring no further explanation (compare Matthew 21:38; Luke 20:14). Perhaps when the son arrived, the tenants thought the father had died. They may have believed that if they killed the son, no rightful owner would remain. Then the vineyard might become theirs, since they had worked it for many years.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
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