Mark 12:1 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and fenced it all around, and he dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and then he leased it to laborers, and went on a journey.

¹⁰ Then his disciples drew near to him and said, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He answered and said to them, Because to you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not granted to them. ¹² For to him who has, shall be given and it shall increase to him; but to him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³ This is the reason I speak to them in figures, because they see and yet cannot perceive; and they hear and yet do not listen, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah who said, Hearing you will hear, but you will not understand; and seeing you will see, but you will not know. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has become hardened, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are dull; so that they cannot see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts; let them return, and I will heal them.

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things to the people in parables; and without parables he did not speak to them. ³⁵ So that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in parables, and I will bring out secrets hidden before the foundation of the world.

²⁸ What do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first one and said to him, My son, go and work today in the vineyard.

¹⁴ It is just like a man who went on a journey, who called his servants and put his wealth in their charge.

² And he taught them much by parables, and in his teaching he said,

¹¹ And Jesus said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to the outsiders everything has to be explained by parables. ¹² For seeing they see, and yet do not perceive; and hearing they hear, and yet do not understand; if they return, their sins would be forgiven. ¹³ And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? how then will you know all the parables?

³³ Jesus talked to them with parables as these, such parables as they were able to hear. ³⁴ And without parables he did not speak to them; but to his disciples, among themselves, he explained everything.

¹ AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and fenced it all around, and he dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and then he leased it to laborers, and went on a journey. ² And in due season he sent his servant to the laborers, to receive some of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ But they beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; they stoned him also, and wounded him, and sent him away in disgrace. ⁵ And again he sent another, but they killed him; and he sent many other servants, some of them they beat, and some they killed. ⁶ But finally, he had a very beloved son, and he sent him to them last of all, for he said, They might feel ashamed before my son. ⁷ But the laborers said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took and killed him, and threw him outside of the vineyard. ⁹ What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those laborers, and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the corner-stone? ¹¹ This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes. ¹² They wanted to seize him, but they were afraid of the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them; and they left him and went away.

³⁴ It is just like a man who went on a journey, and left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to each man his work, and he commanded the porter to keep awake.

¹⁰ He said to them, To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest it has to be said in figures; for while they see, they do not perceive; and while they hear, they do not understand.

⁶ And he spoke this parable; A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, and he did not find any. ⁷ So he said to the laborer, Behold, for three years, I have been coming and seeking fruit on this fig tree, and found none; cut it down; why should it waste the ground? ⁸ The laborer said to him, My lord, let it remain this year also, until I work it and fertilize it. ⁹ It might bear fruit; and if not, then you can cut it down.

¹³ And after a few days, his younger son gathered everything that was his share, and went to a far-away country, and there he scattered his wealth in extravagant living.

¹² And he said, A great man of a noble family went to a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and return.

⁹ And he began to say this parable to the people, A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to laborers, and went on a journey for a long time. ¹⁰ And at the season he sent his servant to the laborers to give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the laborers beat him and sent him back empty. ¹¹ And again he sent another of his servants; but they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him back empty. ¹² And again he sent the third one; but they wounded him also, and threw him outside. ¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will see him and feel ashamed. ¹⁴ But when the laborers saw him, they reasoned with themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ¹⁵ So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy those laborers, and give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, This will never happen. ¹⁷ But he looked at them and said, What is it that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the cornerstone? ¹⁸ Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; and on whomever it falls it will scatter him. ¹⁹ The high priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

⁹ They said to him, Where do you wish us to prepare?

¹ I AM the true vine, and my Father is the worker. ² Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he cuts out; and the one which bears fruit, he prunes so that it may bring forth more fruit. ³ You have already been pruned because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain with me and I with you. Just as a branch cannot give fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine; even so you cannot, unless you remain with me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains with me and I with him, will bear abundant fruit; for without me you can do nothing. ⁶ Unless a man remains with me, he will be cast outside, like a branch which is withered; which they pick up and throw into the fire to be burned. ⁷ If you remain with me, and my words remain with you, whatever you ask shall be done for you. ⁸ In this the Father will be glorified, that you bear abundant fruit, and be my disciples.

³⁸ It was he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him and to our fathers in Mount Sinai: He is the one who received the living words to give to us.

⁴⁶ Who found favor before God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ But Solomon built God a house.

¹ WHAT then is the superiority of the Jew? or what is the importance of circumcision? ² Much in every way: because the Jews were the first to believe in the words of God.

⁴ Who are Israelites; to whom belongs the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the law, and the rituals therein, and the promises; ⁵ Whose are the fathers, from among whom Christ appeared in the flesh, who is God over all, to whom are due praises and thanksgiving, for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were cut off, and you who are a branch of a wild olive tree have been grafted in their place, and you have become a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree; ¹⁸ Do not boast over the branches. For if you boast, it is not you who sustains the root, but the root sustains you. ¹⁹ Perhaps you may say, The branches were cut off that I might be grafted in their place. ²⁰ Well; they were cut off because of their unbelief, but you exist by faith. Be not highminded, but fear God. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, it may well be he will not spare you. ²² Consider therefore the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also will be cut off. ²³ And even they, if they do not abide in their unbelief, will be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you who have been cut from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and grafted contrary to your nature to become a good olive tree: how much more fruitful would they be, if they were grafted into their natural olive tree?