Mark 12

1 Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

4 Then he sent them another servant, and casting stones they struck him over the head and sent him away, treating him shamefully.

5 He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

6 Finally, having his one beloved son, he sent him to them last. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

7 But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

8 So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.

10 Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

11 This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

12 At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

13 Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

14 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

15 But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

16 So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

17 In response Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:

19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

21 Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

22 In this way, none of the seven who had her left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

23 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

24 Jesus answered them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

26 But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you are badly mistaken!”

28 Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

29 Jesus replied, “This is the most important of all the commandments: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

31 The second, like it, is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

32 “Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your soul and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

34 When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

36 Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

37 Therefore David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

38 In His teaching Jesus also said to them, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,

39 and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.

42 Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

44 For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

1 ¶ 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.›

2 ‹And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.›

3 ‹And they caught› [him], ‹and beat him, and sent› [him] ‹away empty.›

4 ‹And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded› [him] ‹in the head, and sent› [him] ‹away shamefully handled.›

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

6 ‹Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.›

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

8 ‹And they took him, and killed› [him], ‹and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard.›

9 ‹What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.›

10 ‹And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:›

11 ‹This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?›

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: 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?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see› [it].

16 And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, ‹Whose› [is] ‹this image and superscription?› And they said unto him, Caesar's.

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.› And they marvelled at him.

18 ¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?›

25 ‹For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.›

26 ‹And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I› [am] ‹the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?›

27 ‹He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.›

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

29 And Jesus answered him, ‹The first of all the commandments› [is], ‹Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:›

30 ‹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: this› [is] ‹the first commandment.›

31 ‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, ‹Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.› And no man after that durst ask him [any question].

35 ¶ And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, ‹How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?›

36 ‹For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.›

37 ‹David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he› [then] ‹his son?› And the common people heard him gladly.

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, ‹Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and› [love] ‹salutations in the marketplaces,›

39 ‹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:›

40 ‹Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.›

41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

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

43 And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:›

44 ‹For all› [they] ‹did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had,› [even] ‹all her living.›

1 And he began to speak unto them by parables, saying, A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence round about it, and digged a winepress, and built a tower, and put it out of the vineyards, and went over the country.

2 And when the time was come, he sent a servant unto the husbandmen, to take of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they took him, and thrust him, and sent him away empty.

4 And again he sent unto them another servant, and they smote him on the head with stones, and put him to shame.

5 And once he sent another, and they slew him; and many others: some they overthrew, and some they slew.

6 And he had an only son, which was dear unto him: him also he sent unto them at the last, saying, They shall be afraid of my son.

7 But the same husbandmen said one to another, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

8 And they took him, and slew him, and cast him out before the vineyard.

9 What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and kill the vine-growers and give the vineyard to others.

10 Neither have ye read this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected became the corner stone;

11 This is done of the LORD, and it is marvellous in our sight?

12 And they sought how they might lay hold on him, and yet were afraid of the people: for they heard that he had spoken this parable unto them. And they left him, and went away.

13 And they sent unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of Herod's servants, to take him in words.

14 And they came and said unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and askest after no man: for thou regardest not the reputation of men, but teachest the way of God aright. Is it right to give interest to Caesar, or not? Shall we give it, or shall we not give it?

15 And he perceived their hypocrisy, and said unto them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it.

16 And they brought him. And he said, Whose is the image and superscription? And they said unto him, The emperor's.

17 Then answered JEsus, and said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto GOD the things that are GOD's. And they were astonished.

18 Then came the Sadducees unto him, which say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, saying:

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, and leave a wife, and have no children, his brother shall take his brother's wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren. The first took a wife; he died, and left no seed.

21 And the other took them, and died, and left no seed. The third of the same kind.

22 And they took all seven, and left no seed. And at the last the woman died after them all.

23 Now in the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife shall she be among them? For seven have they had for wives.

24 Then answered JEsus, and said unto them: Is it not so? Ye err therefore, because ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God.

25 When they shall rise from the dead, they shall not be free, neither shall they be given liberty; but they shall be as the angels which are in heaven.

26 But of the dead, that they should rise again, have ye not read in the book of Moses by the bush, How God said unto him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 But God is not God of the dead, but God of the living. Therefore ye greatly err.

28 And there came unto him one of the scribes, which had heard them as they consulted one with another, and saw that he had answered them well, and asked him, Which is the chiefest commandment above all?

29 And JESUS said unto him, The chiefest commandment above all commandments is this, Hear, O Israel; the LORD our God is one God.

30 And, Thou shalt love God thy Lord with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the most noble commandment.

31 And the other is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is no other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Master, thou hast indeed spoken rightly: for there is one God, and there is none else beside him.

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than burnt offering and sacrifice.

34 And when JE saw that he answered reasonably, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of GOD. And no one was allowed to ask him any further questions.

35 And JEsus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

36 And he, David, saith by the Holy Ghost: The LORD hath said unto my LORD, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

37 And David called him his lord: whence then is he his son? And much people heard him gladly.

38 And he taught them, and said unto them, Beware of the scribes, which walk in long robes, and love to be saluted in the marketplace.

39 and like to sit on top in the schools and over table in the Lord's Supper;

40 They devour widows' houses, and make long prayers: they shall receive the more damnation.

41 And JESUS sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people put money into the treasury. And many rich men put in much.

42 And there came a poor widow, and put in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And he called his disciples unto him, and said unto them: Verily I say unto you, This poor widow hath put more into the treasury than all they that have put in.

44 For they have all put away of the rest of their substance: but this woman of her poverty hath put away all that she had, all her food.