Mark 12:1–12 · BSB
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.
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12:3
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
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Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.
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He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
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Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
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But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
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What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
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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.
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