Mark 12:1

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.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
KJV
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.
WEB
He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
ASV
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
DARBY
And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
BLB
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and he placed around [it] a fence and dug a wine vat and built a tower, and he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad.
ÅB
Og han begynte å tale til dem i lignelser: En mann plantet en vingård, og satte et gjerde omkring den og gravde en vinperse og bygget et tårn, og så leide han den ut til vingårdsmenn og dro utenlands.
OTB
Jesus begynte å tale til dem i lignelser: "En mann plantet en vingård. Han satte opp et gjerde rundt den, gravde en grop for vinpressen og bygde et tårn. Så leide han den ut til noen bønder og dro på reise.
B1930
Og han begynte å tale til dem i lignelser: En mann plantet en vingård, og satte et gjerde omkring den og gravde en vinperse og bygget et tårn, og så leide han den ut til vingårdsmenn og drog utenlands.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:1–4

    Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

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  • Mark 13:34

    For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

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  • Song of Solomon 8:11–12

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

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  • Mark 4:2

    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

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  • Psalms 80:8–16

    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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  • Matthew 25:14

    For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

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  • Romans 11:17–24

    And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

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  • Mark 4:33–34

    And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

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