Mark 12:1 Cross References - WNT

¹ Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.

¹⁰ (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak to them in figurative language?" ¹¹ "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not. ¹² For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away. ¹³ I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand. ¹⁴ And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'YOU WILL HEAR AND HEAR AND BY NO MEANS UNDERSTAND, AND YOU WILL LOOK AND LOOK AND BY NO MEANS SEE. ¹⁵ FOR THIS PEOPLE'S MIND IS STUPEFIED, THEIR HEARING HAS BECOME DULL, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; TO PREVENT THEIR EVER SEEING WITH THEIR EYES, OR HEARING WITH THEIR EARS, OR UNDERSTANDING WITH THEIR MINDS, AND TURNING BACK, SO THAT I MIGHT HEAL THEM.'

³⁴ All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them, ³⁵ in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, I WILL UTTER THINGS KEPT HIDDEN SINCE THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS."

²⁸ "But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

¹⁴ "Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

² Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

¹¹ "To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language; ¹² that "'THEY MAY LOOK AND LOOK BUT NOT SEE, AND LISTEN AND LISTEN BUT NOT UNDERSTAND, LEST PERCHANCE THEY SHOULD RETURN AND BE PARDONED.'" ¹³ "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"

³³ With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it. ³⁴ But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

¹ Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad. ² At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes. ³ But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully. ⁵ Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others. ⁶ He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.' ⁷ "But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.' ⁸ "So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard. ⁹ What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others." ¹⁰ "Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CORNERSTONE: ¹¹ THIS CORNERSTONE CAME FROM THE LORD, AND IS WONDERFUL IN OUR ESTEEM?'" ¹² And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

³⁴ It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

¹⁰ "To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.

⁶ And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none. ⁷ So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' ⁸ "But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it. ⁹ If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'"

¹³ No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

¹² So He said to them, "A man of noble family travelled to a distant country to obtain the rank of king, and to return.

⁹ Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time. ¹⁰ At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹ Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed. ¹² Then again he sent a third; and this one also they wounded and drove away. ¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, "'What am I to do? I will send my son--my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.' ¹⁴ "But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said, "'This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' ¹⁵ "So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others." "God forbid!" exclaimed the hearers. ¹⁷ He looked at them and said, "What then does that mean which is written, "'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BEEN MADE THE CORNERSTONE'? ¹⁸ Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed." ¹⁹ At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

⁹ "Where shall we prepare it?" they asked.

¹ "I am the Vine--the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. ² Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ³ Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you. ⁴ Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me. ⁵ I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned. ⁷ "If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you. ⁸ By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine.

³⁸ 'This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ever-living utterances to hand on to us.

⁴⁶ David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.

¹ What special privilege, then, has a Jew? Or what benefit is to be derived from circumcision? ² The privilege is great from every point of view. First of all, because the Jews were entrusted with God's truth.

⁴ To them belongs recognition as God's sons, and they have His glorious Presence and the Covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the Temple service, and the ancient Promises. ⁵ To them the Patriarchs belong, and from them in respect of His human lineage came the Christ, who is exalted above all, God blessed throughout the Ages. Amen.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree, ¹⁸ beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you. ¹⁹ "Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in." ²⁰ This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith. ²¹ Do not be puffed up with pride. Tremble rather--for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you. ²² Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also. ²³ Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again; ²⁴ and if you were cut from that which by nature is a wild olive and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree, how much more certainly will these natural branches be grafted on their own olive tree?