Mark 12:1

and he-initiates to-be-saying to{same} in to{parables}. "[A] man plants [a] vineyard and places-around [a] barrier and digs [a] [wine]vat and house-builds [a] tower and gives-out same to{land-workers} and goes-abroad,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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 he-sends-off/away toward the land-workers to{the season} [a] slave, in-which-place beside of{the land-workers} he-may-take from of{the fruit} of{the vineyard}.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:10and, come[ing]-toward, the disciples say to{same}, "Through what[?] in to{parables} you-are-speaking to{same}[?]"

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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