Mark 12:1 “Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineya…”

Mark 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

World English Bible

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

American Standard Version

And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

Darby Translation

And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

Young's Literal Translation

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

Bible in Basic English

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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Cross references

“he began”

Mark 4:2 Mark 4:11–13 Ezekiel 20:49 Matthew 13:10–15 Luke 8:10 Luke 22:9

Mark 4:2 · BSB

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

Mark 4:11–13 · BSB

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

Ezekiel 20:49 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

Matthew 13:10–15 · BSB

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

Luke 8:10 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

Luke 22:9 · BSB

“Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.

“A certain”

Matthew 21:33–40 Luke 20:9–15

Matthew 21:33–40 · BSB

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Luke 20:9–15 · BSB

Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

“planted”

Isaiah 5:1–4 Psalm 80:8–16 Romans 11:17–24 Jeremiah 2:21 Luke 13:6–9 John 15:1–8

Isaiah 5:1–4 · BSB

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Psalm 80:8–16 · BSB

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

Romans 11:17–24 · BSB

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Jeremiah 2:21 · BSB

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Luke 13:6–9 · BSB

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

John 15:1–8 · BSB

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

“and set”

Acts 7:38 Ezekiel 20:18–20 Nehemiah 9:13 Nehemiah 9:14 Psalm 78:68 Psalm 78:69

Acts 7:38 · BSB

He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Ezekiel 20:18–20 · BSB

In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Nehemiah 9:13 · BSB

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

Nehemiah 9:14 · BSB

You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

Psalm 78:68 · BSB

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Psalm 78:69 · BSB

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

“and let”

Isaiah 7:23 Song of Solomon 8:11 Song of Solomon 8:12

Isaiah 7:23 · BSB

And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

Song of Solomon 8:11 · BSB

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12 · BSB

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

“and went”

Mark 13:34 Matthew 25:14 Luke 19:12 Luke 15:13

Mark 13:34 · BSB

It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Matthew 25:14 · BSB

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Luke 19:12 · BSB

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Luke 15:13 · BSB

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Also

Mark 12:1–12

Mark 12:1–12 · BSB

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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