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Mark 12:1

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The Parable of the Tenants

12:1Then1 he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.2 He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then3 he leased it to tenant farmers4 and went on a journey.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. 2 The vineyard is a figure for Israel in the OT (Isa 5:1–7). The nation and its leaders are the tenants, so the vineyard here may well refer to the promise that resides within the nation. The imagery is like that in Rom 11:11–24.
  3. 3 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  4. 4 The leasing of land to tenant farmers was common in this period.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence around it, and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

KJV 1900King 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.