Mark 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

He began

A certain

Matthew 21:33

Luke 20:9

Planted

Luke 13:6

John 15:1

Romans 11:17

And set

Acts 7:38

Romans 3:1

Romans 9:4

And went

Bible References

He began

Then he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching:

The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

"What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:

he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others it is given in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

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

A certain

"Hear another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vine-dressers, and went into another country for a long time.

Planted

He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the rest to share the root of the olive tree,

And set

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to us.

Then what advantage has the Jew, or what is the value of circumcision?

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

And went

It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.

"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

Therefore he said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.