Mark 12
1 Then Jesus began to speak to them using illustrated stories. “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to some farmers, and left on a journey.
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
2 When harvest-time came, he sent one of his servants to the tenant farmers to collect some of the grapes from the vineyard.
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
3 But they grabbed hold of him, beat him up, and sent him away with nothing.
And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 So the man sent another servant. They hit him over the head and abused him.
And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.
5 He sent another servant, and this one they killed. He sent many other servants, and they beat some of them and killed others.
And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 In the end the only one left was his son whom he loved, and eventually he sent him, thinking ‘they will respect my son.’
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 But the farmers said to themselves, ‘Here's the owner's heir—if we kill him, we can get what he would have inherited!’
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
9 Now what is the owner of the vineyard going to do? He will come and kill those farmers, and then he will lease the vineyard to others.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 Haven't you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone rejected by the builders has become the chief cornerstone.
Have ye not read even this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner:
11 This is from the Lord, and it's marvelous to see!’?”
This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
12 The Jewish leaders tried to have him arrested because they realized that the illustration was directed at them, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left him alone and went away.
And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
13 Later they sent some Pharisees with some of Herod's supporters to Jesus in an attempt to catch him out by what he said.
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.
14 They arrived and said, “Teacher, we know you are a truthful person and you don't look for approval, because you don't care about status or position. Instead you teach God's way in accordance with the truth. So is it right to pay tribute to Caesar or not?
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
15 Should we pay up, or should we refuse?” Jesus, realizing how hypocritical they were, asked them, “Why are you trying to catch me out? Bring me a coin to look at.”
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 They gave him a coin. “Whose is this image, and whose inscription?” Jesus asked them. “Caesar's,” they replied.
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
17 “Then give back to Caesar what belongs to him, and give back to God what belongs to him,” Jesus told them. They were amazed at his reply.
And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marveled greatly at him.
18 Then the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked a question:
And there come unto him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 “Teacher, Moses instructed us that if a man dies, leaving his widow childless, then his brother should marry his wife, and have children by her on his behalf.
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Once there were seven brothers. The first one got married, and then died without having children.
There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;
21 The second married his widow, and then died, childless. The third did the same.
and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:
22 In fact all seven died without having children. In the end the woman died too.
and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23 In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, because she was the wife of all seven brothers?”
In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 Jesus told them, “This proves you're mistaken, and that you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God.
Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 When the dead rise, they don't marry, and aren't given in marriage. They're like the angels in heaven.
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
26 But concerning the resurrection, haven't you read in Moses' writings the story of the burning bush, where God spoke to Moses and told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’
But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He's not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
28 One of the religious teachers came and heard them arguing. He recognized that Jesus had given them a good answer. So he asked him, “Which is the most important commandment of all?”
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 Jesus replied, “The first commandment is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God is one.
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your spirit, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
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.
31 The second is ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There's no more important commandment than these.”
The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 “That's right, Teacher,” the man replied. “It's true as you said that God is one, and there is no other.
And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Master, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:
33 We are to love him with all our heart, all our understanding, and all our strength, and we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. This is far more important than offerings and sacrifices.”
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 Jesus saw that he gave a thoughtful answer, and said, “You're not far from the kingdom of God.” After this no one was brave enough to ask him any more questions.
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 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he asked, “Why do the religious teachers state that Christ is the son of David?
And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
36 As David himself declared, inspired by the Holy Spirit, that the Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.’
David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
37 Since David himself calls him Lord, how can he be David's son?” The large crowd listened to what Jesus said with great delight.
David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 Jesus continued to teach them, saying, “Beware of religious leaders! They love to walk around in long robes, to be greeted respectfully in the marketplaces.
And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,
39 They love to have the most important seats in the synagogues, and the best places at banquets.
and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:
40 They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”
they which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.
41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury collection box, watching people tossing in coins. Many of the rich were extravagantly throwing in a lot of money.
And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in just two small coins.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 He called his disciples together and told them, “I tell you the truth: this poor widow has put in more than all the rest together.
And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they which are casting into the treasury:
44 All of them gave from their wealth what they had, but she gave from her poverty what she didn't have. She put in all she had to live on.”
for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.
