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

Mark 12:3

But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

World English Bible

They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

American Standard Version

And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Geneva Bible 1599

But they tooke him, and beat him, and sent him away emptie.

Darby Translation

But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

Young's Literal Translation

and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.

Bible in Basic English

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

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Cross references

“they”

2 Chronicles 36:16 Nehemiah 9:26 Jeremiah 26:20–24 Jeremiah 29:26 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15

2 Chronicles 36:16 · BSB

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Jeremiah 26:20–24 · BSB

Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

Jeremiah 29:26 · BSB

‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

Acts 7:52 · BSB

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

1 Thessalonians 2:15 · BSB

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

“and sent”

Jeremiah 44:16 Zechariah 7:9–13 Luke 20:10–12 Jeremiah 44:4 Jeremiah 44:5 Daniel 9:10

Jeremiah 44:16 · BSB

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Zechariah 7:9–13 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Luke 20:10–12 · BSB

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Jeremiah 44:4 · BSB

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

Jeremiah 44:5 · BSB

But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.

Daniel 9:10 · BSB

and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

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.

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

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