{"id":10050,"date":"2024-08-29T10:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10050"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:25:49","slug":"mark-chapter-12-the-parable-of-the-tenants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=10050","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 12 The Parable of the Tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12\u00a0<\/strong>Jesus then began to speak to them in parables:<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fd0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u00a0\u201cA man planted a vineyard.\u00a0He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cHe had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,\u00a0saying, \u2018They will respect my son.\u2019<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cBut the tenants said to one another, \u2018This is the heir. Come, let\u2019s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.\u2019\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhat then will the owner of the vineyard do? 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