Mark 12:12
And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11This is the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes."
Cross References
Matthew 21:45As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;
Mark 11:18The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.
Luke 20:6"And if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that Johnwas a prophet."
John 7:25Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying. "Is not this the man they are seeking to kill?
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 →