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Mark 12

Mark 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
he began
archomai (Greek #756)
to commence (in order of time)
KJV usage: (rehearse from the) begin(-ning).
Pronounce: ar'-khom-ahee
Origin: middle voice of 757 (through the implication, of precedence)
to speak
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
unto them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
by
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
parables
parabole (Greek #3850)
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
KJV usage: comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: par-ab-ol-ay'
Origin: from 3846
. Ae certain man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
planted
phuteuo (Greek #5452)
to set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
KJV usage: plant.
Pronounce: foot-yoo'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 5453
a vineyard
ampelon (Greek #290)
a vineyard
KJV usage: vineyard.
Pronounce: am-pel-ohn'
Origin: from 288
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
set
peritithemi (Greek #4060)
to place around; by implication, to present
KJV usage: bestow upon, hedge round about, put about (on, upon), set about.
Pronounce: per-ee-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 4012 and 5087
an hedge about
phragmos (Greek #5418)
a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hedge (+ round about), partition.
Pronounce: frag-mos'
Origin: from 5420
it, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
digged
orusso (Greek #3736)
to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig
KJV usage: dig.
Pronounce: or-oos'-so
Origin: apparently a primary verb
a place for the winefat
hupolenion (Greek #5276)
vessel or receptacle under the press, i.e. lower wine-vat
KJV usage: winefat.
Pronounce: hoop-ol-ay'-nee-on
Origin: neuter of a presumed compound of 5259 and 3025
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
built
oikodomeo (Greek #3618)
to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
KJV usage: (be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
Pronounce: oy-kod-om-eh'-o
Origin: from the same as 3619
a tower
purgos (Greek #4444)
a tower or castle
KJV usage: tower.
Pronounce: poor'-gos
Origin: apparently a primary word ("burgh")
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
let
ekdidomi (Greek #1554)
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
KJV usage: let forth (out).
Pronounce: ek-did-o'-mee
Origin: from 1537 and 1325
it
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
out
ekdidomi (Greek #1554)
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
KJV usage: let forth (out).
Pronounce: ek-did-o'-mee
Origin: from 1537 and 1325
to husbandmen
georgos (Greek #1092)
a land-worker, i.e. farmer
KJV usage: husbandman.
Pronounce: gheh-ore-gos'
Origin: from 1093 and the base of 2041
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
went into a far country
apodemeo (Greek #589)
to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land
KJV usage: go (travel) into a far country, journey.
Pronounce: ap-od-ay-meh'-o
Origin: from 590
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Matt. 21:33• 33Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. (Matt. 21:33)
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Luke 20:9• 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time. (Luke 20:9)
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More on:

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Hedge,
Tower,
Vineyard,
Wine-Press; Wine-Fat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-12:  In a parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen Christ foretells the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles.
13-17:  He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18-27:  convicts the Sadducees of error, who denied the resurrection;
28-34:  resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35-37:  refutes the opinion that the scribes held of Christ;
38-40:  bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41-44:  and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.
he began.
Mark 4:2,11‑13,33‑34• 2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
 11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
 12that beholding they may behold, and not see; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest it may be they should be converted, and they should be forgiven.
 13And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye be acquainted with all parables?
 33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
 34But without a parable he spoke not unto them; and in private he expounded all things to his disciples. (Mark 4:2,11‑13,33‑34)
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Ezek. 20:49•  (Ezek. 20:49)
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Matt. 13:10‑15,34‑35• 10{i}And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?{/i}
 11{i}And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;{/i}
 12{i}for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.{/i}
 13{i}For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;{/i}
 14{i}and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;{/i}
 15{i}for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.{/i}
 34{i}All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,{/i}
 35{i}so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from [the] world's foundation.{/i} (Matt. 13:10‑15,34‑35)
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Matt. 21:28‑33• 28But what think ye? A man had two children; and he came to the first and said, Child, go work today in the vineyard.
 29And he answered and said, I will not; but afterward he regretted and went.
 30And he came to the second, and said likewise; and he answered and said, I [go], sir, and went not.
 31Which of the two did the will of the father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say to you, that the tax gatherers and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
 32For John came in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him. And ye, when ye saw, regretted not afterward to believe him.
 33Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. (Matt. 21:28‑33)
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Matt. 22:1‑14• 1{i}And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,{/i}
 2The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a king which made a marriage-feast for his son,
 3and sent forth his bondmen to call those who had been called to the marriage-feast; and they would not come.
 4Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Tell those that have been called, Behold, my dinner I have made ready: mine oxen and my fatlings are slaughtered; and all things [are] ready: come to the marriage-feast.
 5But they slighted [it] and went off, one to his own land, another to his traffic;
 6and the rest, seizing his bondmen, insulted and killed [them].
 7And the king was wroth and, sending his troops, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
 8Then saith he to his bondmen, The marriage-feast is ready, but those that were called were not worthy.
 9Go therefore unto the outlets of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call to the marriage-feast.
 10And those bondmen went out to the roads, and gathered together all as many as they found, both wicked and good; and the marriage-feast was filled with guests.
 11And the king on coming in to behold the guests saw there a man not clothed with a marriage-garment;
 12and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in here not having a marriage-garment? But he was speechless.
 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
 14For many are called, but few chosen. (Matt. 22:1‑14)
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Luke 8:10• 10{i}And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.{/i} (Luke 8:10)
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Luke 22:9• 9But they said to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? (Luke 22:9)
A certain.
Matt. 21:33‑40• 33Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
 34But when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
 35And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one and killed another and stoned another.
 36Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
 37And afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will feel respect for my son.
 38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.
 39And they took and cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed [him].
 40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to these husbandmen? (Matt. 21:33‑40)
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Luke 20:9‑15• 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
 10And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen having beaten him sent [him] away empty.
 11And again he sent another bondman; but they having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him sent [him] away empty.
 12And again he sent a third, and they having wounded him also, cast [him] out.
 13And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do. I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see they will respect [him].
 14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
 15And having cast him forth out of the vineyard they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? (Luke 20:9‑15)
planted.
Psa. 80:8‑16•  (Psa. 80:8‑16)
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Isa. 5:1‑4•  (Isa. 5:1‑4)
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Jer. 2:21•  (Jer. 2:21)
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Luke 13:6‑9• 6{i}And he spoke this parable:{/i} A certain [man] had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit upon it, and did not find [any],
 7and he said to the vine-dresser, Behold, [these] three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down: why doth it also render the ground useless?
 8But he answering saith unto him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it, and put dung:
 9and if it shall bear fruit, thenceforth ; but, if not, after that thou shalt cut it down. (Luke 13:6‑9)
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John 15:1‑8• 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
 2Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
 3Already ye are clean, because of the word which I have spoken to you.
 4Abide in me, and I in you: as the branch cannot bear fruit from itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither [can] ye, unless ye abide in me.
 5I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing.
 6If one abide not in me, he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up: and they gather it, and cast [it] into the fire, and it burneth.
 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall come to pass for you.
 8In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and [ye shall] become my disciples. (John 15:1‑8)
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Rom. 11:17‑24• 17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou being a wild olive wert grafted in among them and becamest a fellow-partaker of the root and the fatness of the olive tree,
 18boast not against the branches; but if thou boastest against [them], thou bearest not the root but the root thee.
 19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.
 20Right: through unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest through faith. Be not highminded, but fear;
 21for if God spared not the natural branches, [fear] lest somehow thee he will not even spare.
 22Behold then God's goodness and severity: upon those that fell severity, and upon thee God's goodness, if thou abide in the goodness; since [otherwise] thou also shalt be cut off.
 23And they too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
 24For if thou hast been cut out of the naturally wild olive tree, and contrary to nature wert grafted into a good olive tree, how much more shall these that [are] natural be grafted into their own olive tree? (Rom. 11:17‑24)
and set.
Neh. 9:13‑14•  (Neh. 9:13‑14)
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Psa. 78:68‑69•  (Psa. 78:68‑69)
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Psa. 147:19‑20•  (Psa. 147:19‑20)
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Ezek. 20:11‑12,18‑20•  (Ezek. 20:11‑12,18‑20)
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Acts 7:38,46‑47• 38This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give us:
 46who found favour before God and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob;
 47but Solomon built him a house. (Acts 7:38,46‑47)
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Rom. 3:1‑2• 1What then [is] the superiority of the Jew, or what the profit of circumcision?
 2Much in every way; for, first, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)
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Rom. 9:4‑5• 4which are Israelites, whose [is] the adoption and the glory and the covenants and the law-giving and the service and the promises;
 5whose are the fathers, and of whom [is] the Christ as far as according to flesh, who is over all God blessed forever. Amen. (Rom. 9:4‑5)
and let.
Song of Sol. 8:11‑12•  (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 7:23•  (Isa. 7:23)
and went.
Mark 13:34• 34[it is] as a man gone out of the country who left his house and gave authority to his bondmen, {i}and{/i} to each his work, {i}and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.{/i} (Mark 13:34)
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Matt. 25:14• 14For [it is] as [if] a man going abroad, called his own bondmen and delivered to them his goods. (Matt. 25:14)
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Luke 15:13• 13And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery. (Luke 15:13)
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Luke 19:12• 12He said therefore, A certain high-born man went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. (Luke 19:12)
• They thought to judge Him; the result was, they were themselves judged….in the parable with which the chapter begins the Lord sets forth God’s dealings with the nation as a whole. (“Mark 12” by W. Kelly)
• {A fence} They were duly warned against contamination by heathen corruptions. (“Mark 12” by W. Kelly)
• “Dug a wine-vat.” There was every suited preparation for the full results of their work. (“Mark 12” by W. Kelly)
• There was also full protection, for He “built a tower.” (“Mark 12” by W. Kelly)
• “Let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.” This set forth their responsibility. The Jewish system in the past is man under probation. (“Mark 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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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 went into a far country.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)