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A <i>certain</i> man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about <i>it</i>, and digged <i>a place for</i> the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they caught <i>him</i>, and beat him, and sent <i>him</i> away empty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded <i>him</i> in the head, and sent <i>him</i> away shamefully handled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they took him, and killed <i>him</i>, and cast <i>him</i> out of the vineyard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">Paying Taxes to Caesar<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#15">Matthew 22:15-22</a>; <a href="../luke/20.htm#19">Luke 20:19-26</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in <i>his</i> words. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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 <i>it</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they brought <i>it</i>. And he saith unto them, Whose <i>is</i> this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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.</p> <a name="18" id="18"></a><p class="hdg">Sadducees Question the Resurrection<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#23">Matthew 22:23-33</a>; <a href="../luke/20.htm#27">Luke 20:27-40</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave <i>his</i> wife <i>behind him</i>, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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 <i>am</i> the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.</p> <a name="28" id="28"></a><p class="hdg">The Greatest Commandment<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../deuteronomy/6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:1-19</a>; <a href="../matthew/22.htm#34">Matthew 22:34-40</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments <i>is</i>, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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 <i>is</i> the first commandment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the second <i>is</i> like, <i>namely</i> this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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 <i>his</i> neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>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 <i>any question</i>.</p> <a name="35" id="35"></a><p class="hdg">Whose Son is the Christ?<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/22.htm#41">Matthew 22:41-46</a>; <a href="../luke/20.htm#41">Luke 20:41-44</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he <i>then</i> his son? And the common people heard him gladly.</p> <a name="38" id="38"></a><p class="hdg">Beware of the Scribes<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/20.htm#45">Luke 20:45-47</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and <i>love</i> salutations in the marketplaces, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.</p> <a name="41" id="41"></a><p class="hdg">The Poor Widow's Offering<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/21.htm">Luke 21:1-4</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And he called <i>unto him</i> 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: <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>For all <i>they</i> did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, <i>even</i> all her living.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/mark/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>