Mark 12
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Parable of the Vineyard Owner
12 He(A) began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard,(B) put a fence round 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 servant(D) to the farmers to collect some of the fruit(E) of the vineyard from them. 3 But they took him, beat(F) him, and sent him away empty-handed.(G) 4 Again he sent another servant 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; some they beat, and others they killed. 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 to one another, “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 What then will the owner[c](J) of the vineyard do? He will come and kill 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.(M)
11 This came about from the Lord(N)
and is wonderful in our eyes? ’[d]
12 They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. 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 Jesus to trap him in his words.(R) 14 When they came, they said to him, ‘Teacher, we know you are truthful and don’t care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality(S) but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes(T) to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we? ’
15 But knowing their hypocrisy,(U) he said to them, ‘Why are you testing(V) me? Bring me a denarius[e](W) to look at.’ 16 They brought a coin. ‘Whose image(X) and inscription(Y) is this? ’ he asked them.
‘Caesar’s,’ they replied.
17 Jesus told them, ‘Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’(Z) And they were utterly amazed(AA) at him.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
18 Sadducees,(AB) who say there is no resurrection,(AC) came to him and questioned him: 19 ‘Teacher,(AD) Moses(AE) wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child,(AF) that man should take the wife(AG) and raise up offspring for his brother.[f](AH) 20 There were seven brothers. The first married a woman, and dying, left no offspring. 21 The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 None of the seven[g] left offspring. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise,[h] whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her? ’
24 Jesus spoke to them, ‘Isn’t this the reason why you’re mistaken: you don’t know the Scriptures(AI) or the power(AJ) of God?(AK) 25 For when they rise(AL) from the dead,(AM) they neither marry nor are given in marriage(AN) but are like angels(AO) in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised – haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I(AP) am the God of Abraham(AQ) and the God of Isaac(AR) and the God of Jacob?[i](AS) 27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken.’
The Primary Commands
28 One(AT) of the scribes(AU) approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which command is the most important of all? ’
29 Jesus answered, ‘The most important[j] is Listen, Israel! The Lord(AV) our God, the Lord(AW) is one.[k] 30 Love(AX) the Lord your God(AY) with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,(AZ) and with all your strength.[l][m](BA) 31 The second is, Love your neighbour(BB) as yourself.[n](BC) There is no other command(BD) 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(BE) else except him.(BF) 33 And to love(BG) him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[o] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’(BH)
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’(BI) And no one dared(BJ) to question him any longer.
The Question about the Messiah
35 While(BK) Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked,(BL) ‘How can the scribes(BM) say that the Messiah(BN) is the son of David?(BO) 36 David(BP) himself says by the Holy Spirit:(BQ)
The Lord(BR) declared to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand(BS)
until I put your enemies under your feet.”[p](BT)
37 David himself calls him “Lord.” How, then, can he be his son? ’ And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.
Warning against the Scribes
38 He(BU) also said in his teaching, ‘Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes(BV) and who want greetings in the marketplaces,(BW) 39 the best seats(BX) in the synagogues,(BY) and the places of honour(BZ) at banquets.(CA) 40 They devour(CB) widows’(CC) houses and say long prayers(CD) just for show. These will receive harsher judgement.’
The Widow’s Gift
41 Sitting(CE) opposite the temple treasury,(CF) he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich(CG) people were putting in large sums. 42 Then a poor(CH) widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little. 43 Summoning his disciples,(CI) he said to them, ‘Truly I tell you,(CJ) this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.(CK) 44 For they all gave out of their surplus,(CL) but she out of her poverty(CM) has put in everything she had(CN) #– #all she had to live on.’(CO)
Footnotes
- 12:4 Other mss add threw stones and
- 12:4 Other mss add and sent him off
- 12:9 Or lord
- 12:10–11 Ps 118:22–23
- 12:15 A denarius = one day’s wage
- 12:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5
- 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and
- 12:23 Other mss omit when they rise
- 12:26 Ex 3:6,15–16
- 12:29 Other mss add of all the commands
- 12:29 Or the Lord our God is Lord alone.
- 12:30 Other mss add This is the first commandment.
- 12:30 Dt 6:4–5; Jos 22:5
- 12:31 Lv 19:18
- 12:33 Other mss add with all your soul
- 12:36 Ps 110:1
Marcos 12
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Parábola de los labradores criminales (Mt 21,33-46; Lc 20,9-19)
12 Jesús les contó entonces esta parábola:
— Un hombre plantó una viña, la cercó con una valla, construyó un lagar y levantó una torre; luego la arrendó a unos labradores y se fue de viaje. 2 En el tiempo oportuno envió un criado para percibir de los labradores la parte correspondiente del fruto de la viña. 3 Pero ellos le echaron mano al criado, lo golpearon y lo mandaron de vuelta con las manos vacías. 4 Volvió a enviarles otro criado, y ellos lo hirieron en la cabeza y lo llenaron de injurias. 5 Luego mandó a otro, y a este lo asesinaron. Y lo mismo hicieron con otros muchos; a unos los hirieron y a otros los mataron. 6 Cuando al amo ya únicamente le quedaba su hijo querido, lo envió por último a los viñadores pensando: “A mi hijo lo respetarán”. 7 Pero aquellos labradores se dijeron unos a otros: “Este es el heredero. Matémoslo, y la herencia será nuestra”. 8 Y, echándole mano, lo asesinaron y lo arrojaron fuera de la viña. 9 ¿Qué hará, pues, el dueño de la viña? Llegará, hará perecer a esos labradores y dará la viña a otros. 10 ¿No han leído ustedes este pasaje de las Escrituras:
La piedra que desecharon los constructores,
se ha convertido en la piedra principal.
11 Esto lo ha hecho el Señor,
y nos resulta verdaderamente maravilloso?
12 Sus adversarios comprendieron que Jesús se había referido a ellos con esta parábola. Por eso trataban de apresarlo, aunque finalmente desistieron y se marcharon, porque temían a la gente.
La cuestión del tributo al emperador (Mt 22,15-22; Lc 20,20-26)
13 Los fariseos y los del partido de Herodes enviaron algunos de los suyos con el encargo de sorprender a Jesús en alguna palabra comprometedora. 14 Vinieron, pues, y le preguntaron:
— Maestro, sabemos que tú eres sincero y que no te preocupa el qué dirán, pues no juzgas a la gente por las apariencias, sino que enseñas con toda verdad a vivir como Dios quiere; así pues, ¿estamos o no estamos obligados a pagar el tributo al emperador romano? ¿Tenemos o no tenemos que dárselo? 15 Jesús, conociendo la hipocresía que había en ellos, les contestó:
— ¿Por qué me ponen trampas? Tráiganme un denario para que yo lo vea.
16 Ellos se lo presentaron y Jesús les preguntó:
— ¿De quién es esta efigie y esta inscripción?
Le contestaron:
— Del emperador.
17 Entonces Jesús les dijo:
— Pues den al emperador lo que es del emperador, y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
Con esta respuesta quedaron estupefactos.
La cuestión de la resurrección (Mt 22,23-33; Lc 20,27-40)
18 Después de esto vinieron unos saduceos que, como dicen que no hay resurrección, hicieron a Jesús esta pregunta:
19 — Maestro, Moisés nos dejó escrito que si el hermano de uno muere y deja esposa , pero no hijos, el hermano mayor superviviente deberá casarse con la viuda para dar descendencia al hermano difunto. 20 Pues bien, hubo una vez siete hermanos; el primero de ellos se casó, pero murió sin haber tenido descendencia. 21 Entonces el segundo hermano se casó con la viuda, pero él también murió sin dejar descendencia. Lo mismo pasó con el tercero, 22 y con los siete: ninguno tuvo descendencia de aquella mujer, que fue la última de todos en morir. 23 Así, pues, en la resurrección, cuando todos resuciten, ¿de cuál de ellos será esposa, si los siete estuvieron casados con ella?
24 Jesús les dijo:
— Ustedes están en esto muy equivocados al no conocer las Escrituras ni tener idea del poder de Dios. 25 En la resurrección ya no habrá matrimonios, sino que todos serán como los ángeles que están en los cielos. 26 En cuanto a que los muertos han de resucitar, ¿no han leído en el libro de Moisés, en el pasaje de la zarza, lo que Dios le dijo: Yo soy el Dios de Abrahán, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob? 27 Pues bien, él es Dios de vivos y no de muertos. ¡Ustedes están muy equivocados!
El mandamiento principal (Mt 22,34-40; Lc 10,25-28)
28 Uno de los maestros de la ley que había escuchado toda la discusión, al ver lo bien que Jesús les había respondido, se acercó a él y le preguntó:
— ¿Cuál es el primero de todos los mandamientos?
29 Jesús le contestó:
— El primero es: Escucha, Israel : el Señor, nuestro Dios, es el único Señor. 30 Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con toda tu inteligencia y con todas tus fuerzas. 31 Y el segundo es : Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. No hay ningún mandamiento mayor que estos.
32 El maestro de la ley contestó a Jesús:
— ¡Muy bien, Maestro! Es cierto lo que dices: Dios es único y no hay otro fuera de él. 33 Y amar a Dios con todo nuestro corazón, con todo nuestro entendimiento y con todas nuestras fuerzas, y amar al prójimo como a uno mismo, vale más que todos los holocaustos y sacrificios. 34 Jesús entonces, viendo que había contestado con sabiduría, le dijo:
— Tú no estás lejos del reino de Dios.
Después de esto, ya nadie se atrevió a hacerle más preguntas.
¿De quién es hijo el Mesías? (Mt 22,41-46; Lc 20,41-44)
35 Jesús estaba enseñando en el Templo e interpelaba a sus oyentes diciendo:
— ¿Cómo es que los maestros de la ley dicen que el Mesías es hijo de David? 36 El propio David afirmó, inspirado por el Espíritu Santo:
Dijo el Señor a mi Señor:
“Siéntate a mi derecha
hasta que ponga a tus enemigos
debajo de tus pies”.
37 Pues si el propio David llama Señor al Mesías, ¿cómo puede el Mesías ser hijo suyo?
Y era mucha la gente que disfrutaba escuchando a Jesús.
Contra los maestros de la ley (Mt 23,1-36; Lc 20,45-47)
38 Decía también Jesús en su enseñanza:
— Cuídense de esos maestros de la ley, a quienes les agrada pasear vestidos con ropaje suntuoso, ser saludados en público 39 y ocupar los lugares preferentes en las sinagogas y los primeros puestos en los banquetes. 40 ¡Esos que devoran las haciendas de las viudas, recitando largas oraciones para disimular, recibirán el más severo castigo!
La ofrenda de la viuda (Lc 21,1-4)
41 Estaba Jesús sentado frente al arca de las ofrendas y miraba cómo la gente echaba dinero en ella. Muchos ricos echaban en cantidad. 42 En esto llegó una viuda pobre que echó dos monedas de muy poco valor. 43 Jesús llamó entonces a los discípulos y les dijo:
— Les aseguro que esta viuda pobre ha echado en el arca más que todos los demás. 44 Porque todos los otros echaron lo que les sobraba, pero ella, dentro de su necesidad, ha echado cuanto poseía, todo lo que tenía para vivir.
Mark 12
King James Version
12 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
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