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Mark 12:1-12
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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:2 Or bondservant; also verse 4
  2. Mark 12:10 Greek the head of the corner
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:1-12
SBL Greek New Testament

12 Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς [a]λαλεῖν· Ἀμπελῶνα [b]ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν, καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν. 2 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς τῷ καιρῷ δοῦλον, ἵνα παρὰ τῶν γεωργῶν λάβῃ ἀπὸ [c]τῶν καρπῶν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος· 3 [d]καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἔδειραν καὶ ἀπέστειλαν κενόν. 4 καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἄλλον δοῦλον· [e]κἀκεῖνον [f]ἐκεφαλίωσαν καὶ [g]ἠτίμασαν. 5 [h]καὶ ἄλλον ἀπέστειλεν· κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν, καὶ πολλοὺς ἄλλους, [i]οὓς μὲν δέροντες οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες. 6 ἔτι [j]ἕνα εἶχεν, υἱὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν [k]ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων ὅτι Ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου. 7 ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ [l]πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία. 8 καὶ λαβόντες [m]ἀπέκτειναν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος. 9 [n]τί ποιήσει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος; ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀπολέσει τοὺς γεωργούς, καὶ δώσει τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἄλλοις. 10 οὐδὲ τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην ἀνέγνωτε· Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, οὗτος ἐγενήθη εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας· 11 παρὰ κυρίου ἐγένετο αὕτη, καὶ ἔστιν θαυμαστὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν;

12 Καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν ὄχλον, ἔγνωσαν γὰρ ὅτι πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὴν παραβολὴν εἶπεν. καὶ ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ἀπῆλθον.

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Footnotes

  1. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:1 λαλεῖν WH Treg NIV ] λέγειν RP
  2. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:1 ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν WH NIV ] ἐφύτευσεν ἄνθρωπος Treg RP
  3. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:2 τῶν καρπῶν WH Treg NIV ] τοῦ καρποῦ RP
  4. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:3 καὶ WH Treg NIV ] Οἱ δὲ RP
  5. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:4 κἀκεῖνον WH Treg NIV ] + λιθοβολήσαντες RP
  6. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:4 ἐκεφαλίωσαν WH NIV ] ἐκεφαλαίωσαν Treg RP
  7. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:4 ἠτίμασαν WH NIV ] ἠτίμησαν Treg; ἀπέστειλαν ἠτιμωμένον RP
  8. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:5 καὶ WH Treg NIV ] + πάλιν RP
  9. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:5 οὓς μὲν δέροντες οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες WH Treg NIV ] τοὺς μὲν δέροντες τοὺς δὲ ἀποκτένοντες RP
  10. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:6 ἕνα … ἀπέστειλεν WH Treg NIV ] οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν καὶ RP
  11. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:6 ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς WH Treg NIV ] πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατον RP
  12. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:7 πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν WH Treg NIV ] εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς RP
  13. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:8 ἀπέκτειναν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν WH Treg NIV ] αὐτὸν ἀπέκτειναν καὶ ἐξέβαλον RP
  14. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 12:9 τί WH ] + οὖν Treg NIV RP
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