Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And in time, he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:1I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my paternal cousin, about his vineyard. A vineyard was made for my beloved, at the horn in the son of oil.

Jeremiah 2:21Yet I planted you as an elect vineyard, with only true seed. Then how have you been turned away from me, toward that which is depraved, O strange vineyard?

Ezekiel 20:18Then I said to their sons in the wilderness: ‘Do not choose to advance by the precepts of your fathers, nor should you observe their judgments. And do not be defiled by their idols.

Matthew 13:10And his disciples drew near to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:1

In this chapter, we have, I. The parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful husbandmen, representing the sin and ruin of the Jewish church, ver. 1-12 . II. Christ's silencing those who thought to ensnare him with a question about paying tribute Cæsar, ver. 13-17 . III. His silencing the Sadducees, who attempted to perplex the doctrine of the resurrection, ver. 18-27 . IV. His conference with a scribe about the first and great command of the law, ver. 28-34 . V. His puzzling the scribes with a question about… Read the whole commentary →

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