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Text -- Mark 12:1-9 (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 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Self-condemnation |
Servant |
Jesus, The Christ |
Church |
Reproof |
Capital and Labor |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
Wicked |
God |
Lease |
Farmer |
Unfaithfulness |
Misconduct in Office |
TRINITY, 1 |
Hedge |
Vineyard |
Wine Press |
Tenants |
Quotations and Allusions |
Seasons |
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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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