Thematic Bible

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a winevat, and built a tower; and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

Mark 12:2

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

Mark 12:3

And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away emptyhanded.

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And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and treated shamefully.

Mark 12:5

And he sent another; and him they killed; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

Mark 12:6

Still he had one beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son.

Mark 12:7

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

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And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

Mark 12:9

What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:10

And have ye not read this scripture: "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone;

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from the Lord did this come, and it is marvelous in our eyes"?

Mark 12:12

And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And they left him, and went away.

Mark 12:13

And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to ensnare him in speech.

Mark 12:14

And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; 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?

Mark 12:15

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, seeing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are ye trying me? Bring me a denary, that I may see it.

Mark 12:16

And they brought one. And he saith to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him, Caesars.

Mark 12:17

And Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods. And they marveled at him exceedingly.

Mark 12:18

Then come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Mark 12:19

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

Mark 12:20

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

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And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise.

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And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died.

Mark 12:23

In the resurrection, when they have risen, of which of them will she be wife? for the seven had her for a wife.

Mark 12:24

Jesus said to them, Do ye not err on this account, that ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

Mark 12:25

For when they have risen from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.

Mark 12:26

And concerning the dead, that they are raised, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"?

Mark 12:27

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye err greatly.

Mark 12:28

And one of the scribes came up, having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which commandment is first of all?

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Jesus answered, The first is, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

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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."

Mark 12:31

The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

Mark 12:32

And the scribe said to him, In truth, Teacher, thou hast well said, that He is one, and that there is no other but he;

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and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as ones self, is more than all the whole burntofferings and the sacrifices.

Mark 12:34

And Jesus, perceiving that he answered wisely, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And after this no one dared to question him.

Mark 12:35

And Jesus answered and said, while he was teaching in the temple, How is it that the scribes say, that the Christ is Davids son?

Mark 12:36

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, "The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

Mark 12:37

David himself calleth him lord; and how can he be his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly.

Mark 12:38

And he said in his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets,

Mark 12:39

and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

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who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.

Mark 12:41

And he sat over against the treasury, and was beholding how the people cast money into the treasury. And many that were rich were casting in much.

Mark 12:42

And a certain poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

Mark 12:43

And he called to him his disciples, and said to them, Truly do I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury.

Mark 12:44

For they all threw in of their abundance; but she out of her penury threw in all that she had, her whole living.