Mark 12:7
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
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In Context
6He had one left, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
8They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."
Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me.Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed,yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth.As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute,so he did not open his mouth.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
John 11:47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
Acts 5:28saying, "Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
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 →