Mark 12:2

And at harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers, in order that he might receive his part from the fruit of the vineyard.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

In Context

1Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a fence around it, dug a wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.

3And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:34Now when the harvest time of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, that they might collect his fruits.

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:2-13

The Vineyard and Husbandmen. 1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a 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. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,… Read the whole commentary →

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