Mark 12:9
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New International Version (©2011)
"What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"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.

English Standard Version (©2001)
What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, execute the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

NET Bible (©2006)
What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come destroy those laborers and will give the vineyard to others.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the workers and give the vineyard to others.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the tenants, and will give the vineyard unto others.

American King James Version
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen; and will give the vineyard to others.

Darby Bible Translation
What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

Weymouth New Testament
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."

World English Bible
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

Young's Literal Translation
'What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-12 Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of honouring him because he was the Son and Heir, they therefore hated him. But the exaltation of Christ was the Lord's doing; and it is his doing to exalt him in our hearts, and to set up his throne there; and if this be done, it cannot but be marvellous in our eyes. The Scriptures, and faithful preachers, and the coming of Christ in the flesh, call on us to render due praise to God in our lives. Let sinners beware of a proud, carnal spirit; if they revile or despise the preachers of Christ, they would have done so their Master, had they lived when he was upon earth.

Pulpit Commentary

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 (Luke 20:16), 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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What shall therefore the Lord of the vineyard do?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions add, to them; that is, to the husbandmen, as is expressed in Matthew 21:40; see Gill on Matthew 21:40,

he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. As the former clause contains a question put by Christ upon his having finished the parable, this is an answer to it, given by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, in whose presence, and for whose sake it was delivered; See Gill on Matthew 21:41.

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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
…8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. 10And have you not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: …

Matthew 21:34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
Mark 12:8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
Mark 12:10 Haven't you read this passage of Scripture: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
Luke 20:16 He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "God forbid!"