Mark 12:1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Then he proceeded to address them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a trough for the winepress, and built a tower; then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

¹⁰ Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?" ¹¹ He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people. ¹² For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

³⁴ Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable — ³⁵ to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

²⁸ Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

¹⁴ For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

² He gave them many lessons in parables, and said to them in the course of his teaching:

¹¹ and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables, ¹² so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven." ¹³ And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

³³ In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it; ³⁴ he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

¹ Then he proceeded to address them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a trough for the winepress, and built a tower; then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad. ² When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to collect from the vine dressers some of the produce of the vineyard, ³ but they took and flogged him and sent him off with nothing. ⁴ Once more he sent them another servant; him they knocked on the head and insulted. ⁵ He sent another, but they killed him. And so they treated many others; some they flogged and some they killed. ⁶ He had still one left, a beloved son; he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷ But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.' ⁸ So they took and killed him, and threw him outside the vineyard. ⁹ Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and he will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this scripture? — The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: ¹¹ this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes." ¹² Then they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the multitude. They knew he had meant the parable for them. So they left him and went away.

³⁴ It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch.

¹⁰ so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.

⁶ And he told this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; he came in search of fruit on it but he found none. ⁷ So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?' ⁸ But the man replied, 'Leave it for this year, sir, till I dig round about it and put in manure. ⁹ Then it may bear fruit next year. If not, you can have it cut down.'"

¹³ Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.

¹² "A nobleman," he said, "went abroad to obtain royal power for himself and then return.

⁹ Then he proceeded to tell the people the following parable. "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went abroad for some time. ¹⁰ When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to receive part of the produce of the vineyard, but the vinedressers flogged him and sent him off with nothing. ¹¹ He proceeded to send another servant, and they flogged him too, insulted him and sent him off with nothing. ¹² Then he sent still a third, but this one they wounded and threw outside. ¹³ Said the owner of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' ¹⁴ But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.' ¹⁵ And they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and kill these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." When they heard that, they said, "God forbid!" ¹⁷ But he looked at them and said, "Then what does this scripture mean? — The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner. ¹⁸ Everyone who falls on that stone will be shattered, and whoever it falls upon will be crushed." ¹⁹ At that hour the scribes and high priests tried to lay hands on him, but they were afraid of the people. They knew he had meant this parable for them.

⁹ They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"

¹ [Chapters 15 & 16 are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser; ² he cuts away any branch on me which is not bearing fruit, and cleans every branch which does bear fruit, to make it bear richer fruit. ³ You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I remain in you: just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, without remaining on the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing). ⁶ If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you like and you shall have it. ⁸ As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified.

³⁸ This was the man who at the assembly in the desert intervened between the angel who spoke to him on mount Sinai and our fathers; he received living Words to be given to us.

⁴⁶ He found favour with God and asked permission to devise a dwelling for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ It was Solomon, however, who built him a house.

¹ Then what is the Jew's superiority? What is the good of circumcision? ² Much in every way. This to begin with — Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

⁴ for they are Israelites, theirs is the Sonship, the Glory, the covenants, the divine legislation, the Worship, and the promises; ⁵ the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.)

¹⁷ Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem, ¹⁸ do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem. ¹⁹ You will say, "But branches were broken off to let me be grafted in!" ²⁰ Granted. They were broken off — for their lack of faith. And you owe your position to your faith. You should feel awed instead of being uplifted. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. ²² Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too. ²³ And even the others will be grafted in, if they do not adhere to their unbelief; God can graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?