Mark 12 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Parable of the Vine-growers

12 ^(A)And He began to speak to them in parables: “^(B)A man ^(C)planted a vineyard and put a ^[a]wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to ^[b]vine-growers and went on a journey. ² At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. ³ They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. ⁵ And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. ⁶ He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷ But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ ⁸ They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What will the ^[c]owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this Scripture:

‘^(D)The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
^{11 (E)}This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

^{12 (F)}And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the ^[d]people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so ^(G)they left Him and went away.

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes

^{13 (H)}Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and ^(I)Herodians to Him in order to ^(J)trap Him in a statement. ¹⁴ They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and ^[e]defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it ^[f]lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? ¹⁵ Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a ^[g]denarius to look at.” ¹⁶ They brought one. And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “^(K)Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they ^[h]were amazed at Him.

^{18 (L)}Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying, ¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(M)if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and leaves no child, his brother should ^[i]marry the wife and raise up children to his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children. ²¹ The second one ^[j]married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise; ²² and so ^[k]all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also. ²³ In the resurrection, ^[l]when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For ^[m]all seven had married her.” ²⁴ Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not ^[n]understand the Scriptures or the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ²⁶ But ^[o]regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, ^(N)in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘^(O)I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ^{27 (P)}He is not the God ^[p]of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

^{28 (Q)}One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and ^(R)recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the ^[q]foremost of all?” ²⁹ Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘^(S)Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; ^{30 (T)}and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ ³¹ The second is this, ‘^(U)You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” ³² The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that ^(V)He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; ^{33 (W)}and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, ^(X)is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴ When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^(Y)After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions.

^{35 (Z)}And Jesus began to say, as He ^(AA)taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that ^[r]the Christ is the ^(AB)son of David? ³⁶ David himself said ^[s]in the Holy Spirit,

‘^(AC)The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet.”’

³⁷ David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so in what sense is He his son?” And ^(AD)the large crowd ^[t]enjoyed listening to Him.

^{38 (AE)}In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like ^(AF)respectful greetings in the market places, ³⁹ and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, ^{40 (AG)}who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”

The Widow’s Mite

^{41 (AH)}And He sat down opposite ^(AI)the treasury, and began observing how the people were ^(AJ)putting ^[u]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. ⁴² A poor widow came and put in two ^[v]small copper coins, which amount to a ^[w]cent. ⁴³ Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all ^[x]the contributors to the treasury; ⁴⁴ for they all put in out of their ^[y]surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, ^[z]all she had ^(AK)to live on.”

Footnotes

1. Mark 12:1 Or fence
2. Mark 12:1 Or tenant farmers, also vv 2, 7, 9
3. Mark 12:9 Lit lord
4. Mark 12:12 Lit crowd
5. Mark 12:14 Lit it is not a concern to You about anyone; i.e. You do not seek anyone’s favor
6. Mark 12:14 Or permissible
7. Mark 12:15 The denarius was a day’s wages
8. Mark 12:17 Or were greatly marveling
9. Mark 12:19 Lit take
10. Mark 12:21 Lit took
11. Mark 12:22 Lit the seven
12. Mark 12:23 Early mss do not contain when they rise again
13. Mark 12:23 Lit the seven
14. Mark 12:24 Or know
15. Mark 12:26 Lit concerning the dead, that they rise
16. Mark 12:27 Or of corpses
17. Mark 12:28 Or first
18. Mark 12:35 I.e. the Messiah
19. Mark 12:36 Or by
20. Mark 12:37 Lit was gladly hearing Him
21. Mark 12:41 I.e. copper coins
22. Mark 12:42 Gr lepta
23. Mark 12:42 Gr quadrans; i.e. 1/64 of a denarius
24. Mark 12:43 Lit those who were putting in
25. Mark 12:44 Or abundance
26. Mark 12:44 Lit her whole livelihood

Cross references

1. Mark 12:1 : Mark 3:23; 4:2ff
2. Mark 12:1 : Mark 12:1-12: Matt 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19
3. Mark 12:1 : Is 5:1, 2
4. Mark 12:10 : Ps 118:22
5. Mark 12:11 : Ps 118:23
6. Mark 12:12 : Mark 11:18
7. Mark 12:12 : Matt 22:22
8. Mark 12:13 : Mark 12:13-17: Matt 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26
9. Mark 12:13 : Matt 22:16
10. Mark 12:13 : Luke 11:54
11. Mark 12:17 : Matt 22:21
12. Mark 12:18 : Mark 12:18-27: Matt 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 23:8
13. Mark 12:19 : Deut 25:5
14. Mark 12:26 : Luke 20:37; Rom 11:2
15. Mark 12:26 : Ex 3:6
16. Mark 12:27 : Matt 22:32; Luke 20:38
17. Mark 12:28 : Mark 12:28-34: Matt 22:34-40; Luke 10:25-28; 20:39f
18. Mark 12:28 : Matt 22:34; Luke 20:39
19. Mark 12:29 : Deut 6:4
20. Mark 12:30 : Deut 6:5
21. Mark 12:31 : Lev 19:18
22. Mark 12:32 : Deut 4:35
23. Mark 12:33 : Deut 6:5
24. Mark 12:33 : 1 Sam 15:22; Hos 6:6; Mic 6:6-8; Matt 9:13; 12:7
25. Mark 12:34 : Matt 22:46
26. Mark 12:35 : Mark 12:35-37: Matt 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-44
27. Mark 12:35 : Matt 26:55; Mark 10:1
28. Mark 12:35 : Matt 9:27
29. Mark 12:36 : Ps 110:1
30. Mark 12:37 : John 12:9
31. Mark 12:38 : Mark 12:38-40: Matt 23:1-7; Luke 20:45-47
32. Mark 12:38 : Matt 23:7; Luke 11:43
33. Mark 12:40 : Luke 20:47
34. Mark 12:41 : Mark 12:41-44: Luke 21:1-4
35. Mark 12:41 : John 8:20
36. Mark 12:41 : 2 Kin 12:9
37. Mark 12:44 : Luke 8:43; 15:12, 30; 21:4