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Mark 12:2

1 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.

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

4 Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

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BSB
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
KJV
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
WEB
When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
ASV
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
DARBY
And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
BLB
And he sent a servant to the farmers in the season, so that he might receive from the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard.
ÅB
Og da tiden kom, sendte han en tjener til vingårdsmennene for å ta imot hans del av vingårdens frukt hos vingårdsmennene;
OTB
Da tiden kom for innhøstingen, sendte han en tjener til leietakerne for å hente noe av vingårdens frukt fra dem.
B1930
Og da tiden kom, sendte han en tjener til vingårdsmennene for å ta imot hans del av vingårdens frukt hos vingårdsmennene;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 15:1–8

    “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

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  • Hebrews 1:1

    On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

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  • Micah 7:1

    Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

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  • Jeremiah 25:4–5

    And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

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  • Jeremiah 44:4

    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

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  • Jeremiah 35:15

    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

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  • Luke 20:10

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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  • Ezra 9:11

    that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

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