Mark 12:1

And he beganne to speake vnto them in similitudes. A certayne man planted a vineyarde and copased it with an hedge and ordeyned a wyne presse and bylt a toure in yt. And let yt out to hyre vnto husbandme and went into a straunge countre.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 when the tyme was come he sent to the tennauntes a servaunt that he myght receave of the tenauntes of the frute of the vyneyarde.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:10And the disciples came and sayde to him: Why speakest thou to the 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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