Mark 12:1

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, + 12:1. Quoted from Is 5:1-2 rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

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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

2When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah [Praised], 2 Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] which he 'ahav ·affectionately loved·. 1

Psalms 147:19He shows his word to Jacob [Supplanter]; 2 his statutes and his judgments to Israel [God prevails]. 1

Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my yadid ·beloved· a song of my dod ·beloved lover· about his vineyard. + 5:1. Quoted in Luke 20:9 2 My yadid ·beloved· had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. 1

Matthew 13:10+ 13:10 (10-12) MP: Messiah will stop ministering to those who rejected Him. (Zech 11:9a) The disciples came, and said to him, “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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