Marc 12
Louis Segond
12 Jésus se mit ensuite à leur parler en paraboles. Un homme planta une vigne. Il l'entoura d'une haie, creusa un pressoir, et bâtit une tour; puis il l'afferma à des vignerons, et quitta le pays.
2 Au temps de la récolte, il envoya un serviteur vers les vignerons, pour recevoir d'eux une part du produit de la vigne.
3 S'étant saisis de lui, ils le battirent, et le renvoyèrent à vide.
4 Il envoya de nouveau vers eux un autre serviteur; ils le frappèrent à la tête, et l'outragèrent.
5 Il en envoya un troisième, qu'ils tuèrent; puis plusieurs autres, qu'ils battirent ou tuèrent.
6 Il avait encore un fils bien-aimé; il l'envoya vers eux le dernier, en disant: Ils auront du respect pour mon fils.
7 Mais ces vignerons dirent entre eux: Voici l'héritier; venez, tuons-le, et l'héritage sera à nous.
8 Et ils se saisirent de lui, le tuèrent, et le jetèrent hors de la vigne.
9 Maintenant, que fera le maître de la vigne? Il viendra, fera périr les vignerons, et il donnera la vigne à d'autres.
10 N'avez-vous pas lu cette parole de l'Écriture: La pierre qu'ont rejetée ceux qui bâtissaient Est devenue la principale de l'angle;
11 C'est par la volonté du Seigneur qu'elle l'est devenue, Et c'est un prodige à nos yeux?
12 Ils cherchaient à se saisir de lui, mais ils craignaient la foule. Ils avaient compris que c'était pour eux que Jésus avait dit cette parabole. Et ils le quittèrent, et s'en allèrent.
13 Ils envoyèrent auprès de Jésus quelques-uns des pharisiens et des hérodiens, afin de le surprendre par ses propres paroles.
14 Et ils vinrent lui dire: Maître, nous savons que tu es vrai, et que tu ne t'inquiètes de personne; car tu ne regardes pas à l'apparence des hommes, et tu enseignes la voie de Dieu selon la vérité. Est-il permis, ou non, de payer le tribut à César? Devons-nous payer, ou ne pas payer?
15 Jésus, connaissant leur hypocrisie, leur répondit: Pourquoi me tentez-vous? Apportez-moi un denier, afin que je le voie.
16 Ils en apportèrent un; et Jésus leur demanda: De qui sont cette effigie et cette inscription? De César, lui répondirent-ils.
17 Alors il leur dit: Rendez à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu. Et ils furent à son égard dans l'étonnement.
18 Les sadducéens, qui disent qu'il n'y a point de résurrection, vinrent auprès de Jésus, et lui firent cette question:
19 Maître, voici ce que Moïse nous a prescrit: Si le frère de quelqu'un meurt, et laisse une femme, sans avoir d'enfants, son frère épousera sa veuve, et suscitera une postérité à son frère.
20 Or, il y avait sept frères. Le premier se maria, et mourut sans laisser de postérité.
21 Le second prit la veuve pour femme, et mourut sans laisser de postérité. Il en fut de même du troisième,
22 et aucun des sept ne laissa de postérité. Après eux tous, la femme mourut aussi.
23 A la résurrection, duquel d'entre eux sera-t-elle la femme? Car les sept l'ont eue pour femme.
24 Jésus leur répondit: N'êtes-vous pas dans l'erreur, parce que vous ne comprenez ni les Écritures, ni la puissance de Dieu?
25 Car, à la résurrection des morts, les hommes ne prendront point de femmes, ni les femmes de maris, mais ils seront comme les anges dans les cieux.
26 Pour ce qui est de la résurrection des morts, n'avez-vous pas lu, dans le livre de Moïse, ce que Dieu lui dit, à propos du buisson: Je suis le Dieu d'Abraham, le Dieu d'Isaac, et le Dieu de Jacob?
27 Dieu n'est pas Dieu des morts, mais des vivants. Vous êtes grandement dans l'erreur.
28 Un des scribes, qui les avait entendus discuter, sachant que Jésus avait bien répondu aux sadducéens, s'approcha, et lui demanda: Quel est le premier de tous les commandements?
29 Jésus répondit: Voici le premier: Écoute, Israël, le Seigneur, notre Dieu, est l'unique Seigneur;
30 et: Tu aimeras le Seigneur, ton Dieu, de tout ton coeur, de toute ton âme, de toute ta pensée, et de toute ta force.
31 Voici le second: Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même. Il n'y a pas d'autre commandement plus grand que ceux-là.
32 Le scribe lui dit: Bien, maître; tu as dit avec vérité que Dieu est unique, et qu'il n'y en a point d'autre que lui,
33 et que l'aimer de tout son coeur, de toute sa pensée, de toute son âme et de toute sa force, et aimer son prochain comme soi-même, c'est plus que tous les holocaustes et tous les sacrifices.
34 Jésus, voyant qu'il avait répondu avec intelligence, lui dit: Tu n'es pas loin du royaume de Dieu. Et personne n'osa plus lui proposer des questions.
35 Jésus, continuant à enseigner dans le temple, dit: Comment les scribes disent-ils que le Christ est fils de David?
36 David lui-même, animé par l'Esprit Saint, a dit: Le Seigneur a dit à mon Seigneur: Assieds-toi à ma droite, Jusqu'à ce que je fasse de tes ennemis ton marchepied.
37 David lui-même l'appelle Seigneur; comment donc est-il son fils? Et une grande foule l'écoutait avec plaisir.
38 Il leur disait dans son enseignement: Gardez-vous des scribes, qui aiment à se promener en robes longues, et à être salués dans les places publiques;
39 qui recherchent les premiers sièges dans les synagogues, et les premières places dans les festins;
40 qui dévorent les maisons des veuves, et qui font pour l'apparence de longues prières. Ils seront jugés plus sévèrement.
41 Jésus, s'étant assis vis-à-vis du tronc, regardait comment la foule y mettait de l'argent. Plusieurs riches mettaient beaucoup.
42 Il vint aussi une pauvre veuve, elle y mit deux petites pièces, faisant un quart de sou.
43 Alors Jésus, ayant appelé ses disciples, leur dit: Je vous le dis en vérité, cette pauvre veuve a donné plus qu'aucun de ceux qui ont mis dans le tronc;
44 car tous ont mis de leur superflu, mais elle a mis de son nécessaire, tout ce qu'elle possédait, tout ce qu'elle avait pour vivre.
Mark 12
New King James Version
The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(A)
12 Then (B)He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to [a]vinedressers and went into a far country. 2 Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers. 3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent them another servant, [b]and at him they threw stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. 5 And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, (C)beating some and killing some. 6 Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those [c]vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they took him and (D)killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 “Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not even read this Scripture:
(E)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
11 This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 (F)And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.
The Pharisees: Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar?(G)
13 (H)Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. 14 When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and [d]care about no one; for You do not [e]regard the person of men, but teach the (I)way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15 Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?”
But He, knowing their (J)hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it.” 16 So they brought it.
And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
17 And Jesus answered and said to them, [f]“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to (K)God the things that are God’s.”
And they marveled at Him.
The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?(L)
18 (M)Then some Sadducees, (N)who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying: 19 “Teacher, (O)Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, and leaves his wife behind, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife; and dying, he left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and he died; nor did he leave any offspring. And the third likewise. 22 So the seven had her and left no offspring. Last of all the woman died also. 23 Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.”
24 Jesus answered and said to them, “Are you not therefore [g]mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but (P)are like angels in heaven. 26 But concerning the dead, that they (Q)rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, (R)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You are therefore greatly [h]mistaken.”
The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?(S)
28 (T)Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, [i]perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the [j]first commandment of all?”
29 Jesus answered him, “The [k]first of all the commandments is: (U)‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall (V)love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [l]This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: (W)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than (X)these.”
32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, (Y)and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, [m]with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, (Z)is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
(AA)But after that no one dared question Him.
Jesus: How Can David Call His Descendant Lord?(AB)
35 (AC)Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said (AD)by the Holy Spirit:
(AE)‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’
37 Therefore David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his (AF)Son?”
And the common people heard Him gladly.
Beware of the Scribes(AG)
38 Then (AH)He said to them in His teaching, (AI)“Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, (AJ)love greetings in the marketplaces, 39 the (AK)best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts, 40 (AL)who devour widows’ houses, and [n]for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
The Widow’s Two Mites(AM)
41 (AN)Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money (AO)into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two [o]mites, which make a [p]quadrans. 43 So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that (AP)this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, (AQ)her whole livelihood.”
Footnotes
- Mark 12:1 tenant farmers
- Mark 12:4 NU omits and at him they threw stones
- Mark 12:7 tenant farmers
- Mark 12:14 Court no man’s favor
- Mark 12:14 Lit. look at the face of men
- Mark 12:17 Pay
- Mark 12:24 Or deceived
- Mark 12:27 Or deceived
- Mark 12:28 NU seeing
- Mark 12:28 foremost
- Mark 12:29 foremost
- Mark 12:30 NU omits the rest of v. 30.
- Mark 12:33 NU omits with all the soul
- Mark 12:40 for appearance’ sake
- Mark 12:42 Gr. lepta, very small copper coins
- Mark 12:42 A Roman coin
Mark 12
International Standard Version
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers(A)
12 Then Jesus[a] began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad. 2 At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard. 3 But the farmers[b] grabbed the servant,[c] beat him, and sent him back empty-handed. 4 Again, the man[d] sent another servant to them. They beat the servant[e] over the head and treated him shamefully. 5 Then the man[f] sent another, and that one they killed. So it was with many other servants.[g] Some of these they beat, and others they killed. 6 He still had one more person to send,[h] a son whom he loved. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those farmers told one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8 So they grabbed him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, execute the farmers, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you ever read this Scripture:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[i]
11 This was the Lord’s[j] doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes’?”[k]
12 They were trying to arrest him but were afraid of the crowd. Realizing that he had spoken this parable against them, they left him alone and went away.
A Question about Paying Taxes(B)
13 Then they sent some Pharisees and some Herodians[l] to him, intending to trap him in what he said. 14 They came and told him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don’t favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Instead, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn’t we?”
15 Seeing through their hypocrisy, Jesus[m] replied to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
16 So they brought one. Then he asked them, “Whose face and name are on this?”
They told him, “Caesar’s.”
17 So Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.
A Question about the Resurrection(C)
18 Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus[n] and asked him, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.[o] 20 There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children. 21 Then the second married her and died without having children, and so did the third. 22 None of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died, too. 23 In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?”[p]
24 Jesus answered them, “Aren’t you mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power? 25 When people[q] rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven. 26 As for the dead being raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[r] 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
The Greatest Commandment(D)
28 Then one of the scribes came near and heard the Sadducees[s] arguing with one another. He saw how well Jesus[t] answered them, so he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of them all?”
29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord[u] our God is one Lord,[v] 30 and you must love the Lord[w] your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’[x] 31 The second is this: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’[y] No other commandment is greater than these.”
32 Then the scribe told him, “Well said,[z] Teacher! You have told the truth that ‘God[aa] is one, and there is no other besides him.’[ab] 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 the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw how wisely the man[ac] answered, he told him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one dared to ask him another question.
A Question about David’s Son(E)
35 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah[ad] is David’s son? 36 David himself said by the Holy Spirit,
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ so how can he be his son?” And the large crowd kept listening to him with delight.
Jesus Denounces the Scribes(F)
38 As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes! They like to walk around in long robes, to be greeted in the marketplaces, 39 and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses[ag] and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!”
The Widow’s Offering(G)
41 As Jesus[ah] sat facing the offering box, he watched how the crowd was dropping their money into it.[ai] Many rich people were dropping in large amounts. 42 Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins,[aj] worth about a cent.[ak] 43 He called his disciples and told them, “I tell all of you[al] with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box, 44 because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on.”
Footnotes
- Mark 12:1 Lit. he
- Mark 12:3 Lit. they
- Mark 12:3 Lit. him
- Mark 12:4 Lit. he
- Mark 12:4 Lit. him
- Mark 12:5 Lit. he
- Mark 12:5 Lit. with many others
- Mark 12:6 The Gk. lacks more person to send
- Mark 12:10 Or capstone
- Mark 12:11 MT source citation reads Lord’s
- Mark 12:11 Cf. Ps 118:22-23
- Mark 12:13 I.e. Royal party sympathizers
- Mark 12:15 Lit. he
- Mark 12:18 Lit. him
- Mark 12:19 Cf. Deut 25:5-6
- Mark 12:23 Lit. had her as wife
- Mark 12:25 Lit. they
- Mark 12:26 Cf. Exod 3:6
- Mark 12:28 Lit. heard them
- Mark 12:28 Lit. he
- Mark 12:29 MT source citation reads Lord
- Mark 12:29 MT source citation reads Lord
- Mark 12:30 MT source citation reads Lord
- Mark 12:30 Cf. Deut 6:4-5
- Mark 12:31 Cf. Lev 19:18
- Mark 12:32 The Gk. lacks said
- Mark 12:32 Lit. he
- Mark 12:32 Cf. Deut 6:4
- Mark 12:34 Lit. he
- Mark 12:35 Or Christ
- Mark 12:36 MT source citation reads Lord
- Mark 12:36 Cf. Ps 110:1; other mss read until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
- Mark 12:40 I.e. rob widows by taking their houses
- Mark 12:41 Lit. he
- Mark 12:41 Lit. into the offering box
- Mark 12:42 Lit. two lepta, the smallest coin denominated in their economy
- Mark 12:42 Lit. quadrans, worth ¼ of the Roman assarion coin, or about 1/10 of a day’s wage
- Mark 12:43 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
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