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Marcos 12
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Marcos 12
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Parábola de los labradores malvados
12 Entonces Jesús comenzó a hablarles en parábolas: «Un hombre plantó un viñedo. Puso un cerco alrededor de él, cavó un lagar y construyó una torre para vigilarlo. Luego alquiló el viñedo a unos labradores y se fue de viaje.
2 »Cuando llegó el tiempo de la cosecha, mandó a uno de sus criados para que los labradores le pagaran con la parte de la cosecha que habían convenido. 3 Pero los labradores lo agarraron, lo golpearon y lo enviaron con las manos vacías.
4 »Él entonces envió a otro de sus criados; y a este lo hirieron en la cabeza y lo humillaron.
5 »Mandó a otro y también lo mataron. Luego mandó a muchos más; y a unos los golpearon y a otros los mataron. 6 Ya sólo le quedaba enviar a uno, a su hijo amado. Por fin lo mandó a él, pensando que como era su hijo sí lo iban a respetar. 7 Pero los labradores se dijeron unos a otros: “Este es el heredero. Vamos, matémoslo y la herencia será nuestra”. 8 Dicho y hecho: lo agarraron, lo mataron y arrojaron su cadáver fuera del viñedo.
9 »¿Qué creen que hará el dueño? Volverá, matará a aquellos labradores y arrendará el viñedo a otros.
10 »¿No han leído ustedes la Escritura que dice: “La piedra que los constructores desecharon ahora es la piedra principal. 11 El Señor lo hizo y es una maravilla ante nuestros ojos”?».
12 Los sacerdotes, maestros de la ley y ancianos que escuchaban se dieron cuenta de que la parábola iba dirigida contra ellos y entonces quisieron arrestarlo. Pero como temían a la multitud, lo dejaron y se fueron.
El pago de impuestos al césar
13 Enviaron luego a algunos de los fariseos y de los herodianos[a] para hacer caer a Jesús en una trampa con sus mismas palabras.
14 Apenas llegaron, le dijeron:
―Maestro, sabemos que eres un hombre intachable y no te dejas llevar por lo que dicen los demás, porque no te fijas en las apariencias. Tú de verdad enseñas el camino de Dios. ¿Está bien que paguemos impuestos al césar, o no? 15 Pero Jesús, conociendo su hipocresía, les replicó:
―¿Por qué me tienden trampas? Tráiganme una de las monedas con que se paga ese impuesto, para que la vea.
16 Ellos le llevaron la moneda; y mirándola, señalándola, Jesús les preguntó: —¿De quién es esta imagen y esta inscripción?
―Del césar —contestaron ellos.
17 Él les dijo: —Pues denle al césar lo que es del césar; y a Dios, lo que es de Dios.
Esa respuesta los llenó de admiración.
El matrimonio en la resurrección
18 Luego los saduceos, los que sostienen que no hay resurrección, fueron a ver a Jesús y le plantearon esta dificultad:
19 ―Maestro, Moisés nos enseñó por medio de sus escritos que si un hombre muere y deja a su esposa sin haber tenido hijos, el hermano de ese hombre debe casarse con la viuda para que a su hermano le quede descendencia.
20 Pues bien, había siete hermanos. El primero se casó, pero murió sin dejar hijos. 21 El segundo se casó con la viuda, pero también él murió sin dejar descendencia; lo mismo le pasó al tercero 22 y así sucesivamente a los otros cuatro. Los siete hermanos murieron sin dejar hijos. Después murió también la mujer. 23 Cuando resuciten, ¿de cuál de ellos será esposa esta mujer, pues los siete estuvieron casados con ella?
24 Jesús les respondió:
―Ustedes están equivocados por no conocer ni las Escrituras ni el poder de Dios. 25 Cuando resuciten los muertos, no se casarán ni serán entregados en casamiento, porque serán como los ángeles que están en el cielo. 26 Y en cuanto a que los muertos resucitan, ¿no han leído ustedes, en el libro de Moisés, el pasaje de la zarza en el que se dice que Dios le habló a Moisés y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob”? 27 Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino de vivos. Así que ustedes están equivocados por completo.
El mandamiento más importante
28 Entonces se le acercó uno de los maestros de la ley que los oyó discutir. Al ver que Jesús les había contestado bien, le preguntó:
―De todos los mandamientos, ¿cuál es el más importante?
29 Jesús le contestó:
―El más importante es: “Oye, Israel. El Señor nuestro Dios, el Señor es uno. 30 Ama al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con toda tu mente y con todas tus fuerzas”. 31 Y el segundo es: “Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo”. No hay otro mandamiento más importante que estos.
32 El maestro de la ley le respondió:
―Muy bien dicho, Maestro. Dices la verdad cuando afirmas que Dios es uno y que no hay otro además de él. 33 Y que amar a Dios con todo el corazón, con todo el entendimiento y con todas las fuerzas, y amar al prójimo como a uno mismo, es más importante que todos los holocaustos y todos los sacrificios.
34 Al ver Jesús que había respondido con sabiduría, le dijo:
―No estás lejos del reino de Dios.
Después de esto, ya nadie se atrevió a hacerle más preguntas.
¿De quién es hijo el Cristo?
35 Mientras Jesús enseñaba en el templo, les preguntó:
―¿Por qué dicen los maestros de la ley que el Cristo es hijo de David? 36 David mismo, hablando por el Espíritu Santo, dijo: “El Señor dijo a mi Señor: ‘Siéntate a mi derecha, hasta que ponga a tus enemigos debajo de tus pies’ ”. 37 ¿Cómo, pues, puede ser hijo de David si el propio David lo llama “Señor”?
La gente lo escuchaba con agrado.
38 Jesús continuó enseñando y les decía:
―Cuídense de los maestros de la ley, pues a ellos les gusta pasearse vestidos con ropas que llaman la atención, para que los saluden en las plazas. 39 También les gusta ocupar los primeros asientos en las sinagogas y los lugares de honor en los banquetes. 40 Les quitan sus bienes a las viudas y luego ocultan ese hecho con largas oraciones para impresionar a los demás. Esos recibirán mayor castigo.
La ofrenda de la viuda
41 Jesús se sentó frente al lugar donde se depositaban las ofrendas en el templo, y se puso a observar cómo la gente echaba su dinero. Muchos ricos depositaban grandes cantidades. 42 También llegó una viuda pobre y echó en la caja de las ofrendas dos moneditas de muy poco valor. 43 Entonces Jesús indicó a sus discípulos que se le acercaran y les dijo: «Les aseguro que esta viuda pobre ha echado más en el tesoro que todos los otros. 44 Todos echaron de lo que les sobraba; pero ella, siendo tan pobre, dio todo lo que tenía para vivir».
Footnotes
- 12.13 Los herodianos eran un partido político judío.
Mark 12
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Mark 12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 And [Jesus] started to speak to them in parables [with comparisons and illustrations]. A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower and let it out [for rent] to vinedressers and went into another country.
2 When the season came, he sent a bond servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 But they took him and beat him and sent him away without anything.
4 Again he sent to them another bond servant, and they stoned him and wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully [sending him away with insults].
5 And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others—some they beat, and some they put to death.
6 He had still one left [to send], a beloved son; last of all he sent him to them, saying, They will respect my son.
7 But those tenants said to one another, Here is the heir; come on, let us put him to death, and [then] the inheritance will be ours.
8 And they took him and killed him, and threw [his body] outside the vineyard.
9 Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others.
10 Have you not even read this [passage of] Scripture: The very Stone which [[a]after putting It to the test] the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner [Cornerstone];
11 This is from the Lord and is His doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?(A)
12 And they were trying to get hold of Him, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He spoke this parable with reference to and against them. So they left Him and departed.(B)
13 But they sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him for the purpose of entrapping Him in His speech.
14 And they came up and said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are [b]sincere and what You profess to be, that You cannot lie, and that You have no personal bias for anyone; for You are not influenced by partiality and have no [c]regard for anyone’s external condition or position, but in [and on the basis of] truth You teach the way of God. Is it lawful (permissible and right) to give tribute ([d]poll taxes) to Caesar or not?
15 Should we pay [them] or should we not pay [them]? But knowing their hypocrisy, He asked them, Why do you put Me to the test? Bring Me a coin (a denarius), so I may see it.
16 And they brought [Him one]. Then He asked them, Whose image (picture) is this? And whose superscription ([e]title)? They said to Him, Caesar’s.
17 Jesus said to them, Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to [f]God the things that are God’s. And they [g]stood marveling and greatly amazed at Him.
18 And [some] Sadducees came to Him, [of that party] who say there is no resurrection, and they asked Him a question, saying,
19 Teacher, Moses gave us [a law] that if a man’s brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.(C)
20 Now there were seven brothers; the first one took a wife and died, leaving no children.
21 And the second [brother] married her, and died, leaving no children; and the third did the same;
22 And all seven, leaving no children. Last of all, the woman died also.
23 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven were married to her.
24 Jesus said to them, Is not this where you wander out of the way and go wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
25 For when they arise from among the dead, [men] do not marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.
26 But concerning the dead being raised—have you not read in the book of Moses, [in the passage] about the [burning] bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?(D)
27 He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living! You are very wrong.
28 Then one of the scribes came up and listened to them disputing with one another, and, noticing that Jesus answered them fitly and admirably, he asked Him, Which commandment is first and most important of all [[h]in its nature]?
29 Jesus answered, The first and principal one of all commands is: Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord;
30 And you shall love the Lord your God [i]out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your [j]life) and out of and with all your mind (with [k]your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. [l]This is the first and principal commandment.(E)
31 The second is like it and is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.(F)
32 And the scribe said to Him, Excellently and fitly and admirably answered, Teacher! You have said truly that He is One, and there is no other but Him;
33 And to love Him out of and with all the heart and with all the understanding [with the [m]faculty of quick apprehension and intelligence and keenness of discernment] and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.(G)
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered intelligently (discreetly and [n]having his wits about him), He said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one ventured or dared to ask Him any further question.
35 And as Jesus taught in [a [o]porch or court of] the temple, He said, How can the scribes say that the Christ is David’s Son?
36 David himself, [inspired] in the Holy Spirit, declared, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies [a footstool] under Your feet.(H)
37 David himself calls Him Lord; so how can it be that He is his Son? Now the great mass of the people heard [Jesus] gladly [listening to Him with delight].
38 And in [the course of] His teaching, He said, Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and [to get] greetings in the marketplaces [public forums],
39 And [have] the front seats in the synagogues and the [p]chief couches (places of honor) at feasts,
40 Who devour widows’ houses and to cover it up make long prayers. They will receive the heavier [sentence of] condemnation.
41 And He sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury. Many rich [people] were throwing in large sums.
42 And a widow who was poverty-stricken came and put in two copper mites [the smallest of coins], which together make [q]half of a cent.
43 And He called His disciples [to Him] and said to them, Truly and surely I tell you, this widow, [she who is] poverty-stricken, has put in more than all those contributing to the treasury.
44 For they all threw in out of their abundance; but she, out of her deep poverty, has put in everything that she had—[even] all she had on which to live.
Footnotes
- Mark 12:10 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:14 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Mark 12:14 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Mark 12:14 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Mark 12:16 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:17 A rebuke of emperor worship.
- Mark 12:17 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:28 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:30 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:30 Hermann Cremer, A Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
- Mark 12:30 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:30 Some manuscripts do not contain this part of verse 30.
- Mark 12:33 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:34 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Mark 12:35 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
- Mark 12:39 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
- Mark 12:42 John D. Davis, A Dictionary of the Bible.
Mark 12
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Mark 12
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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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