Sermons citing Mark 11:27–12:12

^11:29 “I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

^11:30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

^11:31 They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

^11:32 But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

^11:33 So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

^12:1 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.

^12:2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

^12:3 But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

^12:4 Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

^12:5 He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

^12:6 Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

^12:7 But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

^12:8 So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

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

^12:10 Have you never 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 At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.