Mark 12:12

And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the people; for they knew that he spoke this similitude against them. And they left him, and went away.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

In Context

11From the Lord, was this; and it is wonderful in our eyes?

13And they sent to him some of the Scribes and of the household of Herod, to ensnare him in discourse.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them.

Mark 11:18And the chief priests and the Scribes heard him, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they were afraid of him, because all the people admired his doctrine. (l9) And when it was evening, they went out from the city.

Luke 20:6But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

John 7:25And some from Jerusalem said: Is not this he, whom they seek 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 →

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