Mark 12:5
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.
He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
6 Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
7 But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
- KJV
- And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- WEB
- Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
- ASV
- And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- DARBY
- And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
- BLB
- And he sent another, and that one they killed—and many others—indeed beating some and killing some.
- ÅB
- Og han sendte en annen, og ham slo de ihjel, og så gjorde de med mange andre: somme slo de, og somme drepte de.
- OTB
- Han sendte enda en, og den drepte de. Han sendte mange andre; noen slo de, andre drepte de.
- B1930
- Og han sendte en annen, og ham slo de ihjel, og så gjorde de med mange andre: somme slo de, og somme drepte de.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
Read in contextMark 9:13
But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
Read in contextLuke 6:22–23
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:25–28
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
Read in contextMatthew 22:6
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Read in contextLuke 6:36
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Read in contextNehemiah 9:30
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
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