Marc 12
La Bible du Semeur
La culpabilité des chefs religieux juifs(A)
12 Puis il se mit à leur parler en utilisant des paraboles : Un homme planta une vigne, l’entoura d’une haie, creusa un pressoir, et bâtit une tour de guet[a]. Après cela, il la loua à des vignerons et partit en voyage. 2 Au moment des vendanges il envoya un de ses serviteurs aux vignerons pour recevoir la part du produit de sa vigne qui lui revenait. 3 Mais ceux-ci se précipitèrent sur ce serviteur, le rouèrent de coups et le renvoyèrent les mains vides. 4 Alors le propriétaire leur envoya un deuxième serviteur : celui-là, ils le frappèrent à la tête et le couvrirent d’insultes. 5 Le maître leur en envoya un troisième, et celui-là, ils le tuèrent ; puis beaucoup d’autres, et ils battirent les uns et tuèrent les autres.
6 Il ne lui restait plus, désormais, qu’une seule personne à envoyer : son fils bien-aimé. Il le leur envoya en dernier. Il se disait : « Pour mon fils au moins, ils auront du respect. » 7 Mais les vignerons se dirent entre eux : « Voilà l’héritier ! Venez ! Tuons-le ! Et l’héritage sera à nous ! » 8 Et ils se jetèrent sur lui, le tuèrent et traînèrent son cadavre hors du vignoble.
9 Que va faire le propriétaire de la vigne ? Il viendra lui-même, fera exécuter les vignerons et confiera le soin de sa vigne à d’autres. 10 N’avez-vous pas lu ces paroles de l’Ecriture :
11 La pierre que les constructeurs ╵ont rejetée
est devenue la pierre principale, ╵la pierre d’angle.
C’est du Seigneur ╵que cela est venu
et c’est un prodige à nos yeux[b].
12 Les chefs des prêtres, les spécialistes de la Loi et les responsables du peuple cherchaient un moyen d’arrêter Jésus. Mais ils avaient peur des réactions de la foule. En effet, ils avaient bien compris que c’était eux que Jésus visait par cette parabole. Ils le laissèrent donc, et se retirèrent.
Controverse sur l’impôt dû à César(B)
13 Cependant, ils lui envoyèrent une délégation de pharisiens et de membres du parti d’Hérode pour le prendre au piège de ses propres paroles. 14 Ils vinrent lui dire : Maître, nous savons que tu dis la vérité et que tu ne te laisses influencer par personne, car tu ne regardes pas à la position sociale, mais tu enseignes en toute vérité la voie à suivre selon Dieu. Dis-nous : A-t-on, oui ou non, le droit de payer des impôts à César ?
15 Mais Jésus, sachant combien ils étaient hypocrites, leur répondit : Pourquoi me tendez-vous un piège ? Apportez-moi une pièce d’argent, que je la voie !
16 Ils lui en apportèrent une.
Alors il leur demanda : Cette effigie et cette inscription, de qui sont-elles ?
– De César.
17 Alors Jésus leur dit : Rendez à César ce qui revient à César, et à Dieu ce qui revient à Dieu.
Ils en restèrent tout déconcertés.
Controverse sur la résurrection(C)
18 Des sadducéens vinrent aussi le trouver. Ils prétendent que les morts ne ressuscitent pas. Ils lui demandèrent : 19 Maître, dans ses écrits, Moïse nous a laissé ce commandement : Si un homme meurt en laissant une femme mais sans avoir eu d’enfant, son frère devra épouser sa veuve et donner une descendance au défunt[c]. 20 Or, il y avait sept frères. L’aîné s’est marié et il est mort sans laisser de descendant. 21 Le deuxième a épousé la veuve, puis il est décédé, lui aussi, sans avoir eu de descendant. Le troisième a fait de même. 22 Et ainsi de suite. Bref, les sept sont morts sans laisser de descendance. La femme est restée la dernière, puis elle est morte. 23 A la résurrection, quand ils ressusciteront tous, duquel d’entre eux sera-t-elle la femme ? Car tous les sept l’ont eue pour épouse.
24 Jésus leur dit : Vous êtes dans l’erreur, et en voici la raison : vous ne connaissez pas les Ecritures, ni quelle est la puissance de Dieu. 25 En effet, une fois ressuscités, les hommes et les femmes ne se marieront plus ; ils vivront comme les anges qui sont dans le ciel. 26 Quant à la résurrection des morts, n’avez-vous jamais lu dans le livre de Moïse, lorsqu’il est question du buisson ardent, en quels termes Dieu lui a parlé ? Il lui a dit : Je suis le Dieu d’Abraham, le Dieu d’Isaac, le Dieu de Jacob[d]. 27 Dieu n’est pas le Dieu des morts, mais le Dieu des vivants. Oui, vous êtes complètement dans l’erreur.
Le plus grand commandement(D)
28 Un des spécialistes de la Loi s’approcha de lui ; il avait entendu cette discussion et avait remarqué avec quel à-propos Jésus avait répondu. Il lui demanda : Quel est le commandement le plus important de tous ?
29 Jésus répondit : Voici le commandement le plus important : Ecoute, Israël, le Seigneur est notre Dieu, il est le seul Dieu ; 30 tu aimeras donc le Seigneur, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur, de toute ton âme, de toute ta pensée et de toute ton énergie[e]. 31 Et voici celui qui vient en second rang : Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même[f]. Il n’y a pas de commandement plus important que ceux-là.
32 – C’est bien, Maître, lui dit le spécialiste de la Loi, tu as dit vrai : il n’y a qu’un seul Dieu[g], il n’y en a pas d’autre que lui[h] : 33 l’aimer de tout son cœur, de toute son intelligence et de toute son énergie[i], ainsi qu’aimer son prochain comme soi-même[j], c’est bien plus important que tous les holocaustes[k] et tous les sacrifices.
34 Jésus, voyant qu’il avait répondu avec intelligence, lui dit : Tu n’es pas loin du royaume de Dieu.
Après cela, personne n’osa plus lui poser de question.
Controverse sur l’identité du Messie(E)
35 Pendant qu’il enseignait dans la cour du Temple, Jésus demanda : Comment les spécialistes de la Loi peuvent-ils dire que le Messie doit être un descendant de David ? 36 David lui-même, inspiré par le Saint-Esprit, a déclaré :
Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur :
Viens siéger à ma droite[l]
jusqu’à ce que j’aie mis ╵tes ennemis ╵à terre sous tes pieds[m].
37 Si donc David lui-même appelle le Messie « Seigneur », comment celui-ci peut-il être son descendant ?
Il y avait là une foule nombreuse qui écoutait Jésus avec un vif plaisir.
La condamnation des spécialistes de la Loi(F)
38 Il disait dans son enseignement : Gardez-vous des spécialistes de la Loi : ils aiment à parader en costume de cérémonie, à être salués sur les places publiques, 39 à avoir les sièges d’honneur dans les synagogues et les meilleures places dans les banquets. 40 Mais ils dépouillent les veuves de leurs biens, tout en faisant de longues prières pour l’apparence. Leur condamnation n’en sera que plus sévère.
La vraie générosité(G)
41 Puis Jésus s’assit en face du tronc ; il observait ceux qui y déposaient de l’argent. Beaucoup de riches y avaient déjà déposé de fortes sommes quand arriva une pauvre veuve 42 qui déposa deux petites pièces, une somme minime.
43 Alors Jésus appela ses disciples et leur dit : Vraiment, je vous l’assure, cette pauvre veuve a donné bien plus que tous ceux qui ont mis de l’argent dans le tronc. 44 Car tous les autres ont seulement donné de leur superflu, mais elle, dans sa pauvreté, elle a donné tout ce qu’elle possédait, tout ce qu’elle avait pour vivre.
Footnotes
- 12.1 Es 5.1-2.
- 12.11 Ps 118.22-23.
- 12.19 Dt 25.5.
- 12.26 Ex 3.6, 15.
- 12.30 Dt 6.4-5.
- 12.31 Lv 19.18.
- 12.32 Dt 6.4.
- 12.32 Dt 4.35 ; Es 45.21.
- 12.33 Dt 6.5.
- 12.33 Lv 19.18.
- 12.33 Les holocaustes étaient les sacrifices les plus importants, dans lesquels les victimes étaient entièrement brûlées, c’est-à-dire entièrement consacrées à Dieu.
- 12.36 La droite du roi est la place d’honneur (Ps 45.10 ; 1 R 2.19).
- 12.36 Ps 110.1.
Mark 12
Common English Bible
Parable of the tenant farmers
12 Jesus spoke to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip. 2 When it was time, he sent a servant to collect from the tenants his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again the landowner sent another servant to them, but they struck him on the head and treated him disgracefully. 5 He sent another one; that one they killed. The landlord sent many other servants, but the tenants beat some and killed others. 6 Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son. 7 But those tenant farmers said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “So what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this scripture, The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 11 The Lord has done this, and it’s amazing in our eyes?”[a]
12 They wanted to arrest Jesus because they knew that he had told the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.
A question about taxes
13 They sent some of the Pharisees and supporters of Herod to trap him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you’re genuine and you don’t worry about what people think. You don’t show favoritism but teach God’s way as it really is. Does the Law allow people to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay taxes or not?”
15 Since Jesus recognized their deceit, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a coin. Show it to me.” 16 And they brought one. He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
17 Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” His reply left them overcome with wonder.
A question about the resurrection
18 Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.[b] 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman; when he died, he left no children. 21 The second married her and died without leaving any children. The third did the same. 22 None of the seven left any children. Finally, the woman died. 23 At the resurrection, when they all rise up, whose wife will she be? All seven were married to her.”
24 Jesus said to them, “Isn’t this the reason you are wrong, because you don’t know either the scriptures or God’s power? 25 When people rise from the dead, they won’t marry nor will they be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like God’s angels. 26 As for the resurrection from the dead, haven’t you read in the scroll from Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to Moses, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?[c] 27 He isn’t the God of the dead but of the living. You are seriously mistaken.”
God’s most important command
28 One of the legal experts heard their dispute and saw how well Jesus answered them. He came over and asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
29 Jesus replied, “The most important one is Israel, listen! Our God is the one Lord, 30 and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your mind, and with all your strength.[d] 31 The second is this, You will love your neighbor as yourself.[e] No other commandment is greater than these.”
32 The legal expert said to him, “Well said, Teacher. You have truthfully said that God is one and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love God with all of the heart, a full understanding, and all of one’s strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself is much more important than all kinds of entirely burned offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered with wisdom, he said to him, “You aren’t far from God’s kingdom.” After that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Jesus corrects the legal experts
35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, “Why do the legal experts say that the Christ is David’s son? 36 David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said, The Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at my right side until I turn your enemies into your footstool.’[f] 37 David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ so how can he be David’s son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.
38 As he was teaching, he said, “Watch out for the legal experts. They like to walk around in long robes. They want to be greeted with honor in the markets. 39 They long for places of honor in the synagogues and at banquets. 40 They are the ones who cheat widows out of their homes, and to show off they say long prayers. They will be judged most harshly.”
A poor widow’s contribution
41 Jesus sat across from the collection box for the temple treasury and observed how the crowd gave their money. Many rich people were throwing in lots of money. 42 One poor widow came forward and put in two small copper coins worth a penny.[g] 43 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I assure you that this poor widow has put in more than everyone who’s been putting money in the treasury. 44 All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had, even what she needed to live on.”
Footnotes
- Mark 12:11 Ps 118:22-23
- Mark 12:19 Deut 25:5; Gen 38:8
- Mark 12:26 Exod 3:6, 15-16
- Mark 12:30 Deut 6:4-5
- Mark 12:31 Lev 19:18
- Mark 12:36 Ps 110:1
- Mark 12:42 Or two lepta (the smallest Greek copper coin, each worth 1/128 of a single day’s pay), that is, a kodrantes (the smallest Roman coin, equal in value to two lepta)
Mark 12
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
12 And he began to speak to them in parables: A certain man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and dug a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it to husbandmen; and went into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and used him reproachfully.
5 And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.
6 Therefore having yet one son, most dear to him; he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
7 But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir; come let us kill him; and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And laying hold on him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen; and will give the vineyard to others.
10 And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:
11 By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes.
12 And they sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way.
13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians; that they should catch him in his words.
14 Who coming, say to him: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and carest not for any man; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar; or shall we not give it?
15 Who knowing their wiliness, saith to them: Why tempt you me? bring me a penny that I may see it.
16 And they brought it him. And he saith to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They say to him, Caesar's.
17 And Jesus answering, said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
18 And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying:
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if any man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.
21 And the second took her, and died: and neither did he leave any issue. And the third in like manner.
22 And the seven all took her in like manner; and did not leave issue. Last of all the woman also died.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven.
26 And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.
28 And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.
29 And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God.
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said to him: Well, Master, thou hast said in truth, that there is one God, and there is no other besides him.
33 And that he should be loved with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is a greater thing than all holocausts and sacrifices.
34 And Jesus seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 And Jesus answering, said, teaching in the temple: How do the scribes say, that Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself saith by the Holy Ghost: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord, and whence is he then his son? And a great multitude heard him gladly.
38 And he said to them in his doctrine: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in long robes, and to be saluted in the marketplace,
39 And to sit in the first chairs, in the synagogues, and to have the highest places at suppers:
40 Who devour the houses of widows under the pretence of long prayer: these shall receive greater judgment.
41 And Jesus sitting over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury, and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And calling his disciples together, he saith to them: Amen I say to you, this poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury.
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want cast in all she had, even her whole living.
Mark 12
New International Version
The Parable of the Tenants(A)
12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) 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. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
6 “He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,(C) saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 “But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:
“‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;(D)
11 the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?”(E)
12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd;(F) so they left him and went away.(G)
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar(H)
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians(I) to Jesus to catch him(J) in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”(K)
And they were amazed at him.
Marriage at the Resurrection(L)
18 Then the Sadducees,(M) who say there is no resurrection,(N) came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(O) 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 At the resurrection[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(P) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(Q) 26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[d]?(R) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
The Greatest Commandment(S)
28 One of the teachers of the law(T) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f](U) 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g](V) There is no commandment greater than these.”
32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.(W) 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(X)
34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(Y) And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.(Z)
Whose Son Is the Messiah?(AA)(AB)
35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,(AC) he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?(AD) 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit,(AE) declared:
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
The large crowd(AG) listened to him with delight.
Warning Against the Teachers of the Law
38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.(AH) 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
The Widow’s Offering(AI)
41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put(AJ) and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”(AK)
Footnotes
- Mark 12:11 Psalm 118:22,23
- Mark 12:14 A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens
- Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,
- Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
- Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord
- Mark 12:30 Deut. 6:4,5
- Mark 12:31 Lev. 19:18
- Mark 12:36 Psalm 110:1
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