Mark 12:2

12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave ¹  to the tenants to collect from them ²  his portion of the crop. ³ 

Mark 12:9

12:9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy ⁴  those tenants and give the vineyard to others. ⁵ 

[12:2]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

[12:2]  ² tn Grk “from the tenants,” but this is redundant in English, so the pronoun (“them”) was used in the translation.

[12:2]  ³ tn Grk “from the fruits of the vineyard.”

[12:9]  ⁴ sn The statement that the owner will come and destroy those tenants is a promise of judgment; see Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44.

[12:9]  ⁵ sn 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 others. This eventually looks to Gentile inclusion; see Eph 2:11-22.