Mark 12 (NET)

Mark 12:1¹Then he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:2²At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:3³But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:4⁴So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:5⁵He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:6⁶He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:7⁷But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:8⁸So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:9⁹What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:10¹⁰Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:11¹¹This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes ’?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:12¹²Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:13¹³Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:14¹⁴When they came they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone’s favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:15¹⁵But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:16¹⁶So they brought one, and he said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied, “Caesar’s.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:17¹⁷Then Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were utterly amazed at him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:18¹⁸Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:19¹⁹“Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘If a man ’ s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:20²⁰There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:21²¹The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:22²²None of the seven had children. Finally, the woman died too.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:23²³In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:24²⁴Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:25²⁵For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:26²⁶Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ’?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:27²⁷He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:28²⁸Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:29²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:30³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:31³¹The second is: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:32³²The expert in the law said to him, “That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:33³³And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:34³⁴When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:35³⁵While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David’s son?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:36³⁶David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:37³⁷If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:38³⁸In his teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:39³⁹and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:40⁴⁰They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:41⁴¹Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:42⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:43⁴³He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Mark 12:44⁴⁴For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s