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Mark 12

Introduction

1	In a parable of the vineyard let out to wicked husbandmen Christ foretells the reprobation of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles.
13	He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18	convicts the Sadducees of error, who denied the resurrection;
28	resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35	refutes the opinion that the scribes held of Christ;
38	bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41	and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.

Verse 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.

he began: 4:2,11-13,33,34, Ezekiel 20:49, Matthew 13:10-15,34,35, 21:28-33, 22:1-14, Luke 8:10, 22:9
A certain: Matthew 21:33-40, Luke 20:9-15
planted: Psalms 80:8-16, Isaiah 5:1-4, Jeremiah 2:21, Luke 13:6-9, John 15:1-8, Romans 11:17-24
and set: Nehemiah 9:13,14, Psalms 78:68,69, 147:19,20, Ezekiel 20:11,12,18-20, Acts 7:38,46,47, Romans 3:1,2, 9:4,5
and let: Song of Solomon 8:11,12, Isaiah 7:23
and went: 13:34, Matthew 25:14, Luke 15:13, 19:12

Verses 1-12

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: 4:2,11-13,33,34, Ezekiel 20:49, Matthew 13:10-15,34,35, 21:28-33, 22:1-14, Luke 8:10, 22:9
A certain: Matthew 21:33-40, Luke 20:9-15
planted: Psalms 80:8-16, Isaiah 5:1-4, Jeremiah 2:21, Luke 13:6-9, John 15:1-8, Romans 11:17-24
and set: Nehemiah 9:13,14, Psalms 78:68,69, 147:19,20, Ezekiel 20:11,12,18-20, Acts 7:38,46,47, Romans 3:1,2, 9:4,5
and let: Song of Solomon 8:11,12, Isaiah 7:23
and went: 13:34, Matthew 25:14, Luke 15:13, 19:12

Verse 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.

at: Psalms 1:3, Matthew 21:34, Luke 20:10
a servant: Judges 6:8-10, 2 Kings 17:13, 2 Chronicles 36:15, Ezra 9:11, Jeremiah 25:4,5, 35:15, 44:4, Micah 7:1, Zechariah 1:3-6, 7:7, Luke 12:48, John 15:1-8, Hebrews 1:1

Verse 3

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

they: 1 Kings 18:4,13, 19:10,14, 22:27, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 24:19-21, 36:16, Nehemiah 9:26, Jeremiah 2:30, 20:2, 26:20-24, 29:26, 37:15,16, 38:4-6, Matthew 23:34-37, Luke 11:47-51, 13:33,34, Acts 7:52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Hebrews 11:36,37
and sent: Jeremiah 44:4,5,16, Daniel 9:10,11, Zechariah 7:9-13, Luke 20:10-12

Verse 5

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

and him: 9:13, Nehemiah 9:30, Jeremiah 7:25-28, Matthew 5:12, 21:35,36, 22:6, 23:37, Luke 6:22,23,36

Verse 6

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

one: Psalms 2:7, Matthew 1:23, 11:27, 26:63, John 1:14,18,34,49, 3:16-18, 1 John 4:9, 5:11,12
his: 1:11, 9:7, Genesis 22:2,12, 37:3,11-13, 44:20, Isaiah 42:1, Matthew 3:17, 17:5, Luke 3:22, 9:35, John 3:35, Hebrews 1:1,2
They: Psalms 2:12, John 5:23, Hebrews 1:6, Revelation 5:9-13

Verse 7

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

This: 12, Genesis 3:15, 37:20, Psalms 2:2,3, 22:12-15, Isaiah 49:7, 53:7,8, Matthew 2:3-13,16, John 11:47-50, Acts 2:23, 5:28, 7:52, 13:27,28

Verse 8

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

cast: Matthew 21:33,39, Luke 20:15, Hebrews 13:11-13

Verse 9

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

shall: Matthew 21:40,41
he will: Leviticus 26:15-18,23,24,27,28, Deuteronomy 4:26,27, 28:15-68,61, Joshua 23:15, Proverbs 1:24-31, Isaiah 5:5-7, Daniel 9:26,27, Zechariah 13:7-9, Matthew 3:9-12, 12:45, Matthew 22:7, 23:34-38, Luke 19:27,41-44, 20:15,16
and will: Isaiah 29:17, 32:15,16, 65:15, Jeremiah 17:3, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 8:11-13, 21:43, Acts 13:46-48, 28:23-28, Romans 9:30-33, 10:20,21, 11:1-12

Verse 10

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

have: 26, 2:25, 13:14, Matthew 12:3, 19:4, 21:16, 22:31, Luke 6:3
The stone: Psalms 118:22,23, Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 21:42, Luke 20:17,18, Acts 4:11,12, Romans 9:33, Ephesians 2:20-22, 1 Peter 2:7,8

Verse 11

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

Numbers 23:23, Habakkuk 1:5, Acts 2:12,32-36, 3:12-16, 13:40,41, Ephesians 3:8-11, Colossians 1:27, 1 Timothy 3:16

Verse 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.

feared: 11:18,32, Matthew 21:26,45,46, Luke 20:6,19, John 7:25,30,44
knew: 2 Samuel 12:7-15, 1 Kings 20:38-41, 21:17-27

Verse 13

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

they send: Psalms 38:12, 56:5,6, 140:5, Isaiah 29:21, Jeremiah 18:18, Matthew 22:15,16, Luke 11:54, Luke 20:20-26
Herodians: 3:6, 8:15, Matthew 16:6

Verses 13-17

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

they send: Psalms 38:12, 56:5,6, 140:5, Isaiah 29:21, Jeremiah 18:18, Matthew 22:15,16, Luke 11:54, Luke 20:20-26
Herodians: 3:6, 8:15, Matthew 16:6

Verse 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?

Master: 14:45, Psalms 12:2-4, 55:21, 120:2, Proverbs 26:23-26, Jeremiah 42:2,3,20
we know: John 7:18, 2 Corinthians 2:2,17, 4:1, 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:4
carest: Deuteronomy 33:9,10, 2 Chronicles 18:13, Isaiah 50:7-9, Jeremiah 15:19-21, Ezekiel 2:6,7, Micah 3:8, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Galatians 1:10, 2:6,11-14
for thou: Exodus 23:2-6, Deuteronomy 16:19, 2 Chronicles 19:7
is it: Ezra 4:12,13, Nehemiah 9:37, Matthew 17:25-27, 22:17, Luke 20:22, 23:2, Romans 13:6

Verse 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.

knowing: Matthew 22:18, Luke 20:23, John 2:24,25, 21:17, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:23
Why: 10:2, Ezekiel 17:2, Acts 5:9, 1 Corinthians 10:9
a penny: "Valuing of our money, sevenpence halfpenny, as Mt 18:28, marg."

Verse 16

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

image: Matthew 22:19-22, Luke 20:24-26, 2 Timothy 2:19, Revelation 3:12

Verse 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.

Render: Proverbs 24:21, Matthew 17:25-27, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17
and to: 30, Proverbs 23:26, Ecclesiastes 5:4,5, Malachi 1:6, Acts 4:19,20, Romans 6:13, 12:1, 1 Corinthians 6:19,20, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15
And they: Job 5:12,13, Matthew 22:22,33,46, 1 Corinthians 14:24,25

Verse 18

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

come: Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27-40
say: Acts 4:1,2, 23:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:13-18, 2 Timothy 2:18

Verses 18-27

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

come: Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27-40
say: Acts 4:1,2, 23:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:13-18, 2 Timothy 2:18

Verse 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.

If: Genesis 38:8, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, Ruth 4:5
that: Ruth 1:11-13

Verse 20

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

Matthew 22:25-28, Luke 20:29-33

Verse 24

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

Do: As the five books of Moses were the only scriptures which the Sadducees admitted as Divine, our Lord confutes them by an appeal to these books, and proves that they were ignorant of those very writings which they professed to hold sacred. He not only rectified their opinions, but so explained the doctrine as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the Pharisees, that if two brothers married one woman, she should be restored at the resurrection to the first.; Isaiah 8:20, Jeremiah 8:7-9, Hosea 6:6, 8:12, Matthew 22:29, John 5:39, 20:9, Acts 17:11, Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
because: Job 19:25-27, Isaiah 25:8, 26:19, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Daniel 12:2, Hosea 6:2, 13:14
neither: 10:27, Genesis 18:14, Jeremiah 32:17, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 1:19, Philippians 3:21

Verse 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.

but: Matthew 22:30, Luke 20:35,36, 1 Corinthians 15:42-54, Hebrews 12:22,23, 1 John 3:2

Verse 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?

have: 10, Matthew 22:31,32
in the book: Exodus 3:2-6,16, Luke 20:37, Acts 7:30-32
I am: Genesis 17:7,8, 26:24, 28:13, 31:42, 32:9, 33:20; *marg:; Isaiah 41:8-10

Verse 27

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

is not: Romans 4:17, 14:9, Hebrews 11:13-16
ye: 24, Proverbs 19:27, Hebrews 3:10

Verse 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?

one: Matthew 22:34-40
Which: Matthew 5:19, 19:18, 23:23, Luke 11:42

Verses 28-34

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?

one: Matthew 22:34-40
Which: Matthew 5:19, 19:18, 23:23, Luke 11:42

Verse 29

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

Hear: 32,33, Deuteronomy 6:4, 10:12, 30:6, Proverbs 23:26, Matthew 10:37, Luke 10:27, 1 Timothy 1:5

Verse 31

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

Thou: Leviticus 19:13, Matthew 7:12, 19:18,19, 22:39, Luke 10:27,36,37, Romans 13:8,9, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8-13, 1 John 3:17-19, 4:7,8,21

Verse 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:

for: Deuteronomy 4:39, 5:7, 6:4, Isaiah 44:8, 45:5,6,14,18,21,22, 46:9, Jeremiah 10:10-12

Verse 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.

is more: 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 50:8-15,23, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 1:11-17, 58:5-7, Jeremiah 7:21-23, Hosea 6:6, Amos 5:21-24, Micah 6:6-8, Matthew 9:13, 12:7, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Verse 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.

Thou: Matthew 12:20, Romans 3:20, 7:9, Galatians 2:19
And no: Job 32:15,16, Matthew 22:46, Luke 20:40, Romans 3:19, Colossians 4:6, Titus 1:9-11

Verse 35

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

while: 11:27, Luke 19:47, 20:1, 21:37, John 18:20
How: Matthew 22:41,42, Luke 20:41-44, John 7:42

Verses 35-37

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

while: 11:27, Luke 19:47, 20:1, 21:37, John 18:20
How: Matthew 22:41,42, Luke 20:41-44, John 7:42

Verse 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.

by: 2 Samuel 23:2, Nehemiah 9:30, Matthew 22:43-45, Acts 1:16, 28:25, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 3:7,8, Hebrews 4:7, 1 Peter 1:11, 2 Peter 1:21
The Lord: Psalms 110:1, Acts 2:34-36, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Hebrews 1:13, 10:12,13

Verse 37

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

and whence: Matthew 1:23, Romans 1:3,4, 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, Revelation 22:16
And the: Matthew 11:5,25, 21:46, Luke 19:48, 21:38, John 7:46-49, James 2:5

Verse 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,

said: 4:2
Beware: Matthew 10:17, 23:1-7, Luke 20:45-47
which: Matthew 6:5, Luke 11:43, 14:7-11, 3 John 1:9

Verses 38-40

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,

said: 4:2
Beware: Matthew 10:17, 23:1-7, Luke 20:45-47
which: Matthew 6:5, Luke 11:43, 14:7-11, 3 John 1:9

Verse 39

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

James 2:2,3

Verse 40

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

devour: Ezekiel 22:25, Micah 2:2, 3:1-4, Matthew 23:14, Luke 20:47, 2 Timothy 3:6
long: Matthew 6:7, 11:22-24, 23:33, Luke 12:47,48

Verse 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.

sat: Matthew 27:6, Luke 21:2-4, John 8:20
money: "A piece of brass money, see Mt 10:9."
the treasury: 2 Kings 12:9

Verses 41-44

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.

sat: Matthew 27:6, Luke 21:2-4, John 8:20
money: "A piece of brass money, see Mt 10:9."
the treasury: 2 Kings 12:9

Verse 42

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

two mites: "It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money."

Verse 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:

That: Exodus 35:21-29, Matthew 10:42, Acts 11:29, 2 Corinthians 8:2,12, 9:6-8

Verse 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.

cast in of: 14:8, 1 Chronicles 29:2-17, 2 Chronicles 24:10-14, 31:5-10, 35:7,8, Ezra 2:68,69, Nehemiah 7:70-72, 2 Corinthians 8:2,3, Philippians 4:10-17
all her: Deuteronomy 24:6, Luke 8:43, 15:12,30, 21:2-4, 1 John 3:17

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