Mark 12:2

At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share of the produce of the grape harvest;

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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

1Jesus began to speak to them in parables, “A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

3but they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

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Cross References

Zechariah 1:3So tell the people this message of the Lord of hosts: “Return to me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you” says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 21:34When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.

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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