Markúsarguðspjall 12
Icelandic Bible
12 Og hann tók að tala til þeirra í dæmisögum: "Maður plantaði víngarð. Hann hlóð garð um hann, gróf fyrir vínþröng og reisti turn, seldi hann síðan vínyrkjum á leigu og fór úr landi.
2 Á settum tíma sendi hann þjón til vínyrkjanna að fá hjá þeim hlut af ávexti víngarðsins.
3 En þeir tóku hann og börðu og sendu burt tómhentan.
4 Aftur sendi hann til þeirra annan þjón. Hann lömdu þeir í höfuðið og svívirtu.
5 Enn sendi hann annan, og hann drápu þeir, og marga fleiri ýmist börðu þeir eða drápu.
6 Einn átti hann eftir enn, elskaðan son. Hann sendi hann síðastan til þeirra og sagði: ,Þeir munu virða son minn.`
7 En vínyrkjar þessir sögðu sín á milli: ,Þetta er erfinginn. Förum og drepum hann, þá fáum vér arfinn.`
8 Og þeir tóku hann og drápu og köstuðu honum út fyrir víngarðinn.
9 Hvað mun nú eigandi víngarðsins gjöra? Hann mun koma, tortíma vínyrkjunum og fá öðrum víngarðinn.
10 Hafið þér eigi lesið þessa ritningu: Sá steinn, sem smiðirnir höfnuðu, er orðinn hyrningarsteinn.
11 Þetta er verk Drottins, og undursamlegt er það í augum vorum."
12 Þeir vildu taka hann höndum, en óttuðust fólkið. Þeir skildu, að hann átti við þá með dæmisögunni. Og þeir yfirgáfu hann og gengu burt.
13 Þá sendu þeir til hans nokkra farísea og Heródesarsinna, og skyldu þeir veiða hann í orðum.
14 Þeir koma og segja við hann: "Meistari, vér vitum, að þú ert sannorður og hirðir ekki um álit neins, enda gjörir þú þér engan mannamun, heldur kennir Guðs veg í sannleika. Leyfist að gjalda keisaranum skatt eða ekki? Eigum vér að gjalda eða ekki gjalda?"
15 En hann sá hræsni þeirra og sagði við þá: "Hví freistið þér mín? Fáið mér denar, látið mig sjá."
16 Þeir fengu honum pening. Hann spyr: "Hvers mynd og yfirskrift er þetta?" Þeir svöruðu: "Keisarans."
17 En Jesús sagði við þá: "Gjaldið keisaranum það, sem keisarans er, og Guði það, sem Guðs er." Og þá furðaði stórlega á honum.
18 Saddúkear komu til hans, en þeir neita því, að upprisa sé til, og sögðu við hann:
19 "Meistari, Móse segir oss í ritningunum, ,að deyi maður barnlaus, en láti eftir sig konu, skuli bróðir hans ganga að eiga ekkjuna og vekja honum niðja.`
20 Nú voru sjö bræður. Sá fyrsti tók sér konu, en dó barnlaus.
21 Annar bróðirinn gekk að eiga hana og dó barnlaus. Eins hinn þriðji,
22 og allir sjö urðu barnlausir. Síðast allra dó konan.
23 Í upprisunni, þegar menn rísa upp, kona hvers þeirra verður hún þá? Allir sjö höfðu átt hana."
24 Jesús svaraði þeim: "Er það ekki þetta, sem veldur því, að þér villist: Þér þekkið ekki ritningarnar né mátt Guðs?
25 Þegar menn rísa upp frá dauðum, kvænast þeir hvorki né giftast. Þeir eru sem englar á himnum.
26 En um þá dauðu, að þeir rísa upp, hafið þér ekki lesið það í bók Móse, í sögunni um þyrnirunninn? Guð segir við Móse: ,Ég er Guð Abrahams, Guð Ísaks og Guð Jakobs.`
27 Ekki er hann Guð dauðra heldur lifenda. Þér villist stórlega."
28 Þá kom til hans fræðimaður einn. Hann hafði hlýtt á orðaskipti þeirra og fann, að Jesús hafði svarað þeim vel. Hann spurði: "Hvert er æðst allra boðorða?"
29 Jesús svaraði: "Æðst er þetta: ,Heyr, Ísrael! Drottinn, Guð vor, hann einn er Drottinn.
30 Og þú skalt elska Drottin, Guð þinn, af öllu hjarta þínu, allri sálu þinni, öllum huga þínum og öllum mætti þínum.`
31 Annað er þetta: ,Þú skalt elska náunga þinn eins og sjálfan þig.` Ekkert boðorð annað er þessum meira."
32 Fræðimaðurinn sagði þá við hann: "Rétt er það, meistari, satt sagðir þú, að einn er hann og enginn er annar en hann.
33 Og að elska hann af öllu hjarta, öllum skilningi og öllum mætti og elska náungann eins og sjálfan sig, það er öllum brennifórnum og sláturfórnum meira."
34 Jesús sá, að hann svaraði viturlega, og sagði við hann: "Þú ert ekki fjarri Guðs ríki." Og enginn þorði framar að spyrja hann.
35 Þegar Jesús var að kenna í helgidóminum, sagði hann: "Hvernig geta fræðimennirnir sagt, að Kristur sé sonur Davíðs?
36 Sjálfur mælti Davíð af heilögum anda: Drottinn sagði við minn drottin: Set þig mér til hægri handar, þangað til ég gjöri óvini þína að fótskör þinni.
37 Davíð kallar hann sjálfur drottin. Hvernig getur hann þá verið sonur hans?" Og hinn mikli mannfjöldi hlýddi fúslega á hann.
38 Í kenningu sinni sagði hann: "Varist fræðimennina, sem fýsir að ganga í síðskikkjum og láta heilsa sér á torgum,
39 vilja skipa æðsta bekk í samkundum og hefðarsæti í veislum.
40 Þeir eta upp heimili ekkna og flytja langar bænir að yfirskini. Þeir munu fá því þyngri dóm."
41 Jesús settist gegnt fjárhirslunni og horfði á fólkið leggja peninga í hana. Margir auðmenn lögðu þar mikið.
42 Þá kom ekkja ein fátæk og lét þar tvo smápeninga, eins eyris virði.
43 Og hann kallaði til sín lærisveina sína og sagði við þá: "Sannlega segi ég yður, þessi fátæka ekkja gaf meira en allir hinir, er lögðu í fjárhirsluna.
44 Allir gáfu þeir af allsnægtum sínum, en hún gaf af skorti sínum allt sem hún átti, alla björg sína."
Mark 12
English Standard Version
The Parable of the Tenants
12 (A)And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted (B)a vineyard (C)and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and (D)leased it to tenants and (E)went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant[a] to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 (F)And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 (G)Again (H)he sent to them another servant, and (I)they struck him on the head and (J)treated him shamefully. 5 (K)And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed. 6 He had still one other, (L)a beloved son. (M)Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, (N)‘This is the heir. Come, (O)let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 And they took him and killed him and (P)threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? (Q)He will (R)come and destroy the tenants and (S)give the vineyard to others. 10 (T)Have you not read (U)this Scripture:
(V)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[b]
11 this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 And (W)they were seeking to arrest him (X)but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they (Y)left him and went away.
Paying Taxes to Caesar
13 (Z)And they sent to him some of (AA)the Pharisees and some of (AB)the Herodians, to (AC)trap him in his talk. 14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, (AD)we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For (AE)you are not swayed by appearances,[c] but truly teach (AF)the way of God. Is it lawful to pay (AG)taxes to (AH)Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?” 15 But, knowing (AI)their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why (AJ)put me to the test? Bring me (AK)a denarius[d] and let me look at it.” 16 And they brought one. And he said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar's.” 17 Jesus said to them, (AL)“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him.
The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
18 And (AM)Sadducees came to him, (AN)who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that (AO)if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man[e] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring. 21 And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”
24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because (AP)you know neither the Scriptures nor (AQ)the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither (AR)marry nor (AS)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, (AT)have you not read in (AU)the book of Moses, in (AV)the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, (AW)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”
The Great Commandment
28 (AX)And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, (AY)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, (AZ)the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 (BA)The second is this: (BB)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment (BC)greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that (BD)he is one, and (BE)there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all (BF)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, (BG)is much more than all (BH)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” (BI)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Whose Son Is the Christ?
35 (BJ)And as (BK)Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that (BL)the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, (BM)in the Holy Spirit, declared,
(BN)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies (BO)under your feet.”’
37 David himself calls him Lord. So (BP)how is he his son?” And the great throng (BQ)heard him gladly.
Beware of the Scribes
38 (BR)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and (BS)the places of honor at feasts, 40 (BT)who devour widows' houses and (BU)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
The Widow's Offering
41 (BV)And he sat down opposite (BW)the treasury and watched the people (BX)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two (BY)small copper coins, which make a penny.[f] 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (BZ)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her (CA)poverty has put in everything she had, all (CB)she had to live on.”
Footnotes
- Mark 12:2 Or bondservant; also verse 4
- Mark 12:10 Greek the head of the corner
- Mark 12:14 Greek you do not look at people's faces
- Mark 12:15 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
- Mark 12:19 Greek his brother
- Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
Márk 12
Hungarian Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Példázat a gyilkos szőlőmunkásokról(A)
12 Ezután Jézus jelképes történetek segítségével kezdte tanítani őket. Ezt a példázatot mondta nekik: „Volt egy gazda, aki szőlőt telepített. Bekerítette, elkészítette a szőlőtaposó helyet, és őrtornyot is épített. Majd az egészet gazdálkodóknak adta bérbe, és elutazott egy másik országba. 2 Szüret idején elküldte egyik szolgáját, hogy hozza el a termésből a tulajdonosnak járó részt. 3 De a bérlők megfogták a szolgát, megverték, és üres kézzel küldték vissza. 4 Ezután a gazda egy másik szolgáját küldte el hozzájuk. A bérlők őt is megverték, a fejét betörték, és gyalázatosan bántak vele. 5 Majd a gazda küldött egy harmadik szolgát is, akit a bérlők meggyilkoltak. Ezután még sok más szolgáját is elküldte. Volt közülük, akit a bérlők megvertek, másokat pedig meggyilkoltak.
6 Végül a gazda már nem tudott mást küldeni, csak a saját fiát, akit nagyon szeretett. Utoljára tehát őt küldte el, és azt gondolta: »A fiamat talán mégis meg fogják becsülni!«
7 De a bérlők ezt mondták egymásnak: »Nézzétek, ő a szőlőskert örököse! Gyertek, öljük meg, és miénk lesz az öröksége!« 8 Azzal megfogták a fiút, megölték, majd kidobták a szőlőskertből.
9 Mit gondoltok, mit fog tenni ezután a tulajdonos? Eljön, elpusztítja a bérlőket, a szőlőskertet pedig másoknak adja! 10 Vagy talán nem olvastátok, mit mond az Írás?
»Éppen az a kő lett a sarokkővé,
amelyet az építők félredobtak.
11 Az Örökkévaló tette sarokkővé,
mi pedig csodáljuk!«”[a]
12 A vallási vezetők megértették, hogy ezt a történetet Jézus valójában róluk mondta. Szerették volna letartóztatni, de nem merték, mert féltek a nép haragjától. Így hát otthagyták, és elmentek.
Ravasz kérdés az adóról(B)
13 Később a vallási vezetők Jézushoz küldtek néhány férfit a farizeusok és a Heródes-pártiak közül. Az volt a szándékuk, hogy kérdéseikkel csapdába csalják, hátha mond valamit, amit felhasználhatnak ellene. 14 Ezért megkérdezték: „Mester, tudjuk, hogy becsületes vagy, és nem törődsz azzal, hogy mások mit gondolnak rólad. Tudjuk, hogy nem vagy részrehajló, és Isten útját az igazságnak megfelelően tanítod. Helyes-e, hogy adót fizessünk a császárnak, vagy nem?”
15 Jézus azonban átlátott a képmutatásukon, és így válaszolt: „Képmutatók! Megpróbáltok csapdába csalni?! Mutassatok csak egy ezüstpénzt, hadd lássam!” 16 Kezébe adtak egy érmét, ő pedig ezt kérdezte tőlük: „Kinek a képmása és a felirata van rajta?” Azok válaszoltak: „A császáré.”
17 „Akkor hát adjátok meg a császárnak, ami a császáré; és Istennek, ami Istené!” — felelte Jézus.
Emiatt nagyon elcsodálkoztak Jézuson.
A szadduceusok alattomos kérdése(C)
18 Ezután néhány szadduceus jött Jézushoz. (Ők azok, akik azt tanítják, hogy nincs feltámadás.) Megkérdezték Jézust: 19 „Mester, Mózes azt parancsolta nekünk, hogy ha egy házas férfi gyermektelenül hal meg, akkor a fiútestvére vegye feleségül a meghalt férfi özvegyét.[b] Így köteles gondoskodni arról, hogy meghalt testvérének mégis legyen utódja. 20 Volt egyszer hét fiútestvér. Az első megnősült, de gyermektelenül halt meg. 21 A második feleségül vette a testvére özvegyét, de ő is gyermektelenül halt meg. Majd a harmadik testvérrel is ugyanez történt. 22 Így a hét testvér sorra feleségül vette az asszonyt, de egyiknek sem született gyermeke. Végül az asszony is meghalt. 23 A feltámadáskor melyiküknek lesz a felesége? Hiszen mind a hét testvérnek a felesége volt!”
24 Jézus így válaszolt nekik: „Azért vagytok ilyen súlyos tévedésben, mert nem ismeritek sem az Írásokat, sem Isten hatalmát. 25 Hiszen a feltámadás után már senki sem nősül meg, sem nem megy férjhez. Akik feltámadnak, olyanok lesznek, mint az angyalok a Mennyben! 26 Ami pedig a halottak föltámadását illeti, nem olvastátok Mózes könyvében, hogy mit mondott neki Isten az égő bokornál? Azt mondta: »Én vagyok Ábrahám Istene, Izsák Istene és Jákób Istene«.[c] 27 Márpedig Isten nem a halottak Istene, hanem az élőké! Tehát, valóban súlyos tévedésben vagytok.”
Melyik a legfontosabb parancs a Törvényben?(D)
28 Volt ott egy törvénytanító is, aki végighallgatta a beszélgetésüket. Mivel látta, hogy Jézus jól megfelelt a szadduceusoknak, megkérdezte tőle, hogy melyik a legfontosabb parancs a Törvényben.
29 Jézus így felelt: „A legfontosabb parancs ez: »Halld meg, Izráel népe! Istenünk, az Örökkévaló az egyetlen Isten! 30 Szeresd hát az Örökkévalót, Istenedet teljes szíveddel, egész lelkeddel, teljes értelmeddel és minden erőddel!«[d] 31 A második legfontosabb parancs pedig ez: »Úgy szeresd embertársadat,[e] mint saját magadat!«[f] Ezeknél nincs nagyobb parancs.”
32 A törvénytanító így válaszolt: „Jól mondtad, Mester, hogy az Örökkévaló az egyetlen Isten. Valóban nincs más rajta kívül. 33 Minden véres- és égőáldozatnál fontosabb, hogy az Örökkévalót, Istenünket egész szívünkkel, gondolkodásunkkal és minden erőnkkel szeressük, meg az is, hogy úgy szeressük embertársainkat, mint saját magunkat.”
34 Jézus látta, hogy a törvénytanító belátásra jutott, és ezt mondta neki: „Nem vagy messze Isten Királyságától.” Ezután senki sem mert több kérdést feltenni Jézusnak.
A Messiás Dávidnak a Fia és az Ura(E)
35 Amikor Jézus a Templom területén tanított, felvetett egy kérdést: „Hogyan mondhatják a törvénytanítók, hogy a Messiás Dávid fia? 36 Hiszen maga Dávid mondta a Szent Szellem által:
»Így szólt Uramhoz az Örökkévaló:
Ülj mellém jobb felől,
amíg ellenségeidet
hatalmad[g] alá kényszerítem!«[h]
37 Dávid Urának nevezi a Messiást, de akkor hogyan lehet a Messiás Dávidnak a fia?”
A nagy sokaság örömmel hallgatta Jézust.
Óvakodjatok a törvénytanítóktól!(F)
38 Amikor tanított, Jézus ezt mondta: „Óvakodjatok azoktól a törvénytanítóktól, akik szeretnek előkelő ruhában járni; szívesen veszik, ha tisztelettel köszöntik őket az utcán; 39 szeretik elfoglalni a legelőkelőbb helyeket a zsinagógában, és az ünnepi vacsorákon; 40 kiforgatják az özvegyasszonyokat a vagyonukból; és a látszat kedvéért hosszasan imádkoznak. Ők fogják a legsúlyosabb ítéletet kapni.”
Az özvegyasszony fillérei(G)
41 Jézus leült a templomi persellyel szemben, és figyelte, hogyan dobják bele adományaikat az emberek. Sokan a gazdagok közül nagy összegeket adtak. 42 Majd jött egy szegény özvegyasszony, aki csak egy kevés aprópénzt dobott bele.
43 Jézus ekkor magához hívta tanítványait, és ezt mondta: „Igazán mondom, hogy ez az özvegyasszony többet dobott a perselybe, mint bárki más. 44 A többiek mind a fölöslegükből adakoztak. Ő pedig nagy szegénysége ellenére mindent odaadott, amije csak volt, még a betevő falatjára való pénzét is.”
Footnotes
- Márk 12:11 Idézet: Zsolt 118:22–23.
- Márk 12:19 Mózes… özvegyét Lásd 5Móz 25:5, 6.
- Márk 12:26 Idézet: 2Móz 3:6.
- Márk 12:30 Idézet: 5Móz 6:4–5.
- Márk 12:31 embertársadat Jézus tanítása szerint (Lk 10:25–37) ez mindenkire vonatkozik, akinek éppen a mi segítségünkre van szüksége.
- Márk 12:31 Idézet: 3Móz 19:18.
- Márk 12:36 hatalmad Szó szerint: „lábad”.
- Márk 12:36 Idézet: Zsolt 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
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