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Text -- Mark 12:1-24 (NET)
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The Parable of the Tenants
12:1 Then he began to speak to them in parables : “A man planted a vineyard . He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress , and built a watchtower . Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey .
12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop .
12:3 But those tenants seized his slave , beat him, and sent him away empty-handed .
12:4 So he sent another slave to them again . This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously .
12:5 He sent another , and that one they killed . This happened to many others , some of whom were beaten , others killed .
12:6 He had one left, his one dear son . Finally he sent him to them , saying , ‘They will respect my son .’
12:7 But those tenants said to one another , ‘This is the heir . Come , let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours !’
12:8 So they seized him, killed him , and threw his body out of the vineyard .
12:9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do ? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others .
12:10 Have you not read this scripture : ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone .
12:11 This is from the Lord , and it is marvelous in our eyes ’?”
12:12 Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd ), because they realized that he told this parable against them . So they left him and went away .
Paying Taxes to Caesar
12:13 Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words .
12:14 When they came they said to him , “Teacher , we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth . Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not ? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
12:15 But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them , “Why are you testing me ? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
12:16 So they brought one, and he said to them , “Whose image is this , and whose inscription ?” They replied , “Caesar’s .”
12:17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s , and to God the things that are God’s .” And they were utterly amazed at him .
Marriage and the Resurrection
12:18 Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection ) also came to him and asked him ,
12:19 “Teacher , Moses wrote for us : ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children , that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother .’
12:20 There were seven brothers . The first one married , and when he died he had no children .
12:21 The second married her and died without any children , and likewise the third .
12:22 None of the seven had children . Finally , the woman died too.
12:23 In the resurrection , when they rise again, whose wife will she be ? For all seven had married her .”
12:24 Jesus said to them , “Aren’t you deceived for this reason , because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God ?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
Resurrection |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Satire |
Reproof |
Church |
Self-condemnation |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
Servant |
Wicked |
Lease |
God |
Farmer |
Unfaithfulness |
Capital and Labor |
Sadducees |
Misconduct in Office |
Marriage |
Citizenship |
Quotations and Allusions |
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NET Notes -> Mar 12:1; Mar 12:1; Mar 12:1; Mar 12:1; Mar 12:2; Mar 12:2; Mar 12:2; Mar 12:2; Mar 12:3; Mar 12:3; Mar 12:3; Mar 12:3; Mar 12:3; Mar 12:4; Mar 12:6; Mar 12:6; Mar 12:8; Mar 12:8; Mar 12:8; Mar 12:8; Mar 12:9; Mar 12:9; Mar 12:10; Mar 12:10; Mar 12:11; Mar 12:12; Mar 12:12; Mar 12:12; Mar 12:13; Mar 12:13; Mar 12:13; Mar 12:13; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:14; Mar 12:15; Mar 12:15; Mar 12:15; Mar 12:16; Mar 12:16; Mar 12:16; Mar 12:16; Mar 12:17; Mar 12:18; Mar 12:18; Mar 12:18; Mar 12:19; Mar 12:19; Mar 12:19; Mar 12:19; Mar 12:20; Mar 12:23; Mar 12:23; Mar 12:24
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NET Notes: Mar 12:3 The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit – and thus neither was the nation of Israel.
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NET Notes: Mar 12:4 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ mistreatment of the first s...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:8 Throwing the heir’s body out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.
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NET Notes: Mar 12:9 The warning that the owner would give the vineyard to others suggests that the care of the promise and the nation’s hope would be passed to othe...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:10 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22-23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and h...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:12 The point of the parable in Mark 12:1-12 is that the leaders of the nation have been rejected by God and the vineyard (v. 9, referring to the nation a...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:15 A denarius was a silver coin stamped with the image of the emperor and worth approximately one day’s wage for a laborer.
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NET Notes: Mar 12:17 Jesus’ answer to give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s was a both/and, not the questione...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:18 Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary Engli...
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NET Notes: Mar 12:19 A quotation from Deut 25:5. This practice is called levirate marriage (see also Ruth 4:1-12; Mishnah, m. Yevamot; Josephus, Ant. 4.8.23 [4.254-256]). ...
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