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
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
Mark 12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
12 Then(A) He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard,(B) 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. 2 At harvest time he sent(C) a slave(D) to the farmers to collect some of the fruit(E) of the vineyard from the farmers. 3 But they took him, beat(F) him, and sent him away empty-handed.(G) 4 Again he sent another slave to them, and they[a] hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.[b] 5 Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; they beat some and they killed some.
6 “He still had one to send, a beloved(H) son. Finally(I) he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 “But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “Therefore, what will the owner[c](J) of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven’t you read this Scripture:(K)
The(L) stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[d](M)
11 This came from the Lord(N)
and is wonderful in our eyes?”[e]
12 Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.
God and Caesar
13 Then(O) they sent some of the Pharisees(P) and the Herodians(Q) to Him to trap Him by what He said.[f](R) 14 When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality[g](S) but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes(T) to Caesar or not? 15 Should we pay, or should we not pay?”
But knowing their hypocrisy,(U) He said to them, “Why are you testing(V) Me? Bring Me a denarius(W) to look at.” 16 So they brought one. “Whose image(X) and inscription(Y) is this?” He asked them.
“Caesar’s,” they said.
17 Then Jesus told them, “Give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”(Z) And they were amazed(AA) at Him.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
18 Some(AB) Sadducees,(AC) who say there is no resurrection,(AD) came to Him and questioned Him: 19 “Teacher,(AE) Moses(AF) wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child,(AG) his brother should take the wife(AH) and produce offspring for his brother.(AI)[h] 20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring. 21 The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 So the seven[i] left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise,[j] whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”[k]
24 Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures(AJ) or the power(AK) of God?(AL) 25 For when they rise(AM) from the dead,(AN) they neither marry nor are given in marriage(AO) but are like angels(AP) in heaven. 26 Now concerning the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I(AQ) am the God of Abraham(AR) and the God of Isaac(AS) and the God of Jacob?(AT)[l] 27 He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”
The Primary Commands
28 One(AU) of the scribes(AV) approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all?”[m]
29 “This is the most important,”[n] Jesus answered:
Listen, Israel! The Lord(AW) our God, the Lord(AX) is One.[o] 30 Love(AY) the Lord your God(AZ) with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,(BA) and with all your strength.[p](BB)[q]
31 “The second is: Love your neighbor(BC) as yourself.(BD)[r] There is no other command(BE) greater than these.”
32 Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one(BF) else except Him.(BG) 33 And to love(BH) Him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[s] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”(BI)
34 When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”(BJ) And no one dared(BK) to question Him any longer.
The Question about the Messiah
35 So(BL) Jesus asked this question as He taught in the temple complex,(BM) “How can the scribes(BN) say that the Messiah(BO) is the Son of David?(BP) 36 David(BQ) himself says by the Holy Spirit:(BR)
The Lord(BS) declared to my Lord,
‘Sit at My right hand(BT)
until I put Your enemies under Your feet.’(BU)[t]
37 David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.
Warning against the Scribes
38 He(BV) also said in His teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes,(BW) and who want greetings in the marketplaces,(BX) 39 the front seats(BY) in the synagogues,(BZ) and the places of honor(CA) at banquets.(CB) 40 They devour(CC) widows’(CD) houses and say long prayers(CE) just for show. These will receive harsher punishment.”
The Widow’s Gift
41 Sitting(CF) across from the temple treasury,(CG) He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich(CH) people were putting in large sums. 42 And a poor(CI) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.[u] 43 Summoning His disciples,(CJ) He said to them, “I assure you:(CK) This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.(CL) 44 For they all gave out of their surplus,(CM) but she out of her poverty(CN) has put in everything she possessed(CO)—all she had to live on.”(CP)
Footnotes
- Mark 12:4 Other mss add threw stones and
- Mark 12:4 Other mss add and sent him off
- Mark 12:9 Or lord
- Mark 12:10 Lit the head of the corner
- Mark 12:11 Ps 118:22-23
- Mark 12:13 Lit trap Him in (a) word
- Mark 12:14 Lit don’t look on the face of men; that is, on the outward appearance
- Mark 12:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5
- Mark 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and
- Mark 12:23 Other mss omit when they rise
- Mark 12:23 Lit the seven had her as a wife
- Mark 12:26 Ex 3:6,15-16
- Mark 12:28 Lit Which command is first of all?
- Mark 12:29 Other mss add of all the commands
- Mark 12:29 Or The Lord our God is one Lord.
- Mark 12:30 Other mss add This is the first commandment.
- Mark 12:30 Dt 6:4-5; Jos 22:5
- Mark 12:31 Lv 19:18
- Mark 12:33 Other mss add with all your soul
- Mark 12:36 Ps 110:1
- Mark 12:42 Lit dropped in two lepta, which is a quadrans; the lepton was the smallest and least valuable Gk coin in use. The quadrans, 1⁄64 of a daily wage, was the smallest Roman coin.
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