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He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nlt/mark/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> “What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do?” Jesus asked. “I’ll tell you—he will come and kill those farmers and lease the vineyard to others. <a href="/esv/mark/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/bsb/mark/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/blb/mark/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> What therefore will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/kjv/mark/12.htm">King James Bible</a> What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. <a href="/nkjv/mark/12.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nasb_/mark/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the vine-growers to death, and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nasb/mark/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nasb77/mark/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/lsb/mark/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/amp/mark/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/csb/mark/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill the farmers and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/hcsb/mark/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/asv/mark/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. <a href="/cev/mark/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus asked, "What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard. <a href="/erv/mark/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. <a href="/gwt/mark/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the workers and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/gnt/mark/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> "What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do?" asked Jesus. "He will come and kill those tenants and turn the vineyard over to others. <a href="/isv/mark/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, execute the farmers, and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/msb/mark/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/net/mark/12.htm">NET Bible</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nheb/mark/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/wbt/mark/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/wey/mark/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others." <a href="/web/mark/12.htm">World English Bible</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/mark/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/blb/mark/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> What therefore will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/ylt/mark/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/slt/mark/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/mark/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen; and will give the vineyard to others. <a href="/cpdv/mark/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard do?” “He will come and destroy the settlers. And he will give the vineyard to others.” <a href="/nabre/mark/12.htm">New American Bible</a> What [then] will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/nrsvce/mark/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/mark/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those laborers, and give the vineyard to others. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come destroy those laborers and will give the vineyard to others.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/mark/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and give his vineyard to others. <a href="/godbey/mark/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>What then shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/mark/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> What then will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others. <a href="/mace/mark/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a> now what will the master of the vineyard do? on his return, said they, he will destroy those vine-dressers, and give his vineyard to others. <a href="/wey/mark/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others." <a href="/worrell/mark/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do! He will come, and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/mark/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy <Fr>those<FR> husbandmen, and will let the vineyard to others.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/mark/12-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=3943" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/mark/12.htm">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants</a> …8So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9<a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: Ti (IPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">What</a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">then</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">will the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">owner</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/290.htm" title="290: ampelōnos (N-GMS) -- A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.">vineyard</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">do?</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: eleusetai (V-FIM-3S) -- To come, go. ">He will come</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apolesei (V-FIA-3S) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">kill</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those</a> <a href="/greek/1092.htm" title="1092: geōrgous (N-AMP) -- From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer.">tenants,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dōsei (V-FIA-3S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">will give</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/290.htm" title="290: ampelōna (N-AMS) -- A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.">vineyard</a> <a href="/greek/243.htm" title="243: allois (Adj-DMP) -- Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; else, i.e. Different.">to others.</a> 10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40-41</a> Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?” / “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” <a href="/luke/20-15.htm">Luke 20:15-16</a> So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? / He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!” <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/psalms/118-22.htm">Psalm 118:22-23</a> The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. / This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. <a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-39</a> Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9-14</a> Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. / So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/romans/11-21.htm">Romans 11:21-22</a> For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Hebrews 10:28-29</a> Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. / How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace? <a href="/acts/13-46.htm">Acts 13:46</a> Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">1 Peter 2:7-8</a> To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” / and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed. <a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7-13</a> I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies. / My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her. / Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her. ... <a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">Ezekiel 19:10-14</a> Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. / It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. / But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. ... <a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11-12</a> I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. / But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-6</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/romans/9-30.htm">Romans 9:30-33</a> What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; / but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.shall.<a href="/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40,41</a> When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? … he will.<a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Leviticus 26:15-18,23,24,27,28</a> And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: … <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26,27</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed… <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:and will.<a href="/isaiah/29-17.htm">Isaiah 29:17</a> Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?<a href="/isaiah/32-15.htm">Isaiah 32:15,16</a> Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest… <a href="/isaiah/65-15.htm">Isaiah 65:15</a> And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/12-8.htm">Death</a> <a href="/mark/11-18.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/mark/12-8.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/mark/12-8.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Master</a> <a href="/mark/12-5.htm">Others</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/mark/12-8.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/12-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/mark/14-58.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/mark/14-1.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/mark/12-14.htm">Master</a> <a href="/mark/12-43.htm">Others</a> <a href="/mark/13-35.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/luke/10-2.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 12</div>1. <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Jesus tells the parable of the tenants</a> 13. <a href="/mark/12-13.htm">He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;</a> 18. <a href="/mark/12-18.htm">convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;</a> 28. <a href="/mark/12-28.htm">resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;</a> 35. <a href="/mark/12-35.htm">refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;</a> 38. <a href="/mark/12-38.htm">bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;</a> 41. <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This rhetorical question is posed by Jesus in the context of the Parable of the Tenants. The vineyard owner represents God, and the vineyard symbolizes Israel. The question invites listeners to consider the justice and actions of God in response to the rejection and mistreatment of His messengers. This reflects the broader biblical theme of divine justice and accountability, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>, where Israel is depicted as a vineyard that fails to produce good fruit.He will come and kill those tenants The tenants represent the religious leaders of Israel who have rejected the prophets and, ultimately, Jesus Himself. The phrase indicates the severe consequences of rejecting God's messengers and His Son. Historically, this foreshadows the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, a judgment upon those who rejected Christ. It also echoes the Old Testament principle of divine retribution for unfaithfulness, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>.and give the vineyard to others. This signifies the transfer of God's kingdom to a new people, which includes Gentiles and those who accept Christ. It aligns with the New Testament theme of the inclusion of Gentiles into God's covenant community, as seen in passages like <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a>. This transfer is not merely punitive but also redemptive, highlighting God's plan to extend His grace beyond ethnic Israel to all who believe in Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/o/owner_of_the_vineyard.htm">Owner of the Vineyard</a> Represents God, who has entrusted His creation and His people to stewards. 2. <a href="/topical/v/vineyard.htm">Vineyard</a> Symbolizes Israel, God's chosen people, and by extension, the Kingdom of God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/tenants.htm">Tenants</a> The religious leaders of Israel who were entrusted with the care of God's people but failed in their responsibilities. 4. <a href="/topical/o/others.htm">Others</a> Represents the Gentiles and those who would come to inherit the Kingdom of God due to the failure of the original tenants. 5. <a href="/topical/e/event.htm">Event</a> This is part of a parable Jesus tells to illustrate the rejection of the prophets and ultimately Himself by the Jewish leaders.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_accountability.htm">Stewardship and Accountability</a> God entrusts us with responsibilities, and we are accountable for how we manage them. Just as the tenants were expected to produce fruit, we are called to bear spiritual fruit. <a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_god's_messengers.htm">Rejection of God's Messengers</a> The parable highlights the danger of rejecting those whom God sends. We must be open to God's message, even when it challenges us. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_of_god's_kingdom.htm">Inclusivity of God's Kingdom</a> The transfer of the vineyard to others signifies the opening of God's Kingdom to all who believe, regardless of their background. This calls us to embrace and share the Gospel with everyone. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_justice.htm">Judgment and Justice</a> God's justice is evident in the parable. While His patience is great, there is a time of reckoning for those who persist in rebellion. <a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_cornerstone.htm">Christ as the Cornerstone</a> Though not directly in this verse, the broader context of the parable points to Jesus as the cornerstone, rejected by the builders but chosen by God. Our faith must be built on Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 12</a> <a href="/q/why_send_servants_and_son_if_rejected.htm">Mark 12:1–9: Why would an all-knowing God repeatedly send servants and His own Son if He knew they would be rejected and killed? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_jesus_seem_contradictory_here.htm">Why does Jesus appear contradictory when He says, 'He who is not with me is against me' (Matthew 12:30) but also, 'He who is not against us is for us' (Mark 9:40)?</a> <a href="/q/why_expect_change_from_violent_tenants.htm">Luke 20:9-16: How can a just God expect a different outcome after repeatedly sending messengers and then His Son to violent tenants?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'husbandman'_mean_biblically.htm">What does 'husbandman' mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) He will come and destroy the husbandmen.--St. Matthew reports the words as having been spoken by 'the by-standers. Here they form part of the parable itself. We may think of them as having been probably taken up and repeated by our Lord after they had been uttered by others.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? In St. Matthew's narrative the scribes answer this question. St. Luke, as St. Mark here, assigns the answer to our Lord. It would seem probable that the scribes first answered him, and that then he himself repeated their answer, and confirmed it by his looks and gesture; so that from thence, as well as from what followed, they might sufficiently understand that he spake these things of them. Then, according to St. Luke (<a href="/luke/20-16.htm">Luke 20:16</a>), they subjoined the words, "God forbid!" an expression wrung from their consciences, which accused them and told them that the parable applied to them. Here, then, we have a distinct prediction of the rejection of the Jews and the call of the Gentiles. <a href="/commentaries/mark/12-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>What Τί (Ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. then οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. {will} the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. owner κύριος (kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. vineyard ἀμπελῶνος (ampelōnos) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_290.htm">Strong's 290: </a> A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard. do? ποιήσει (poiēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. He will come ἐλεύσεται (eleusetai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. kill ἀπολέσει (apolesei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. [those] τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. tenants γεωργούς (geōrgous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1092.htm">Strong's 1092: </a> From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. give δώσει (dōsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. vineyard ἀμπελῶνα (ampelōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_290.htm">Strong's 290: </a> A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard. to others. ἄλλοις (allois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_243.htm">Strong's 243: </a> Other, another (of more than two), different. 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