Mark 12:1-22 ▼

1 And He began to speak unto them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and made a fence about it, and digged a place for the wine-fat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and travelled abroad.

2 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that he might receive from them of the fruit of the vineyard:

3 and they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty.

4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they threw stones, and wounded him on the head, and sent him away shamefully used.

5 And again, he sent another; and him they killed: and many others, beating some, and killing others.

6 Having yet therefore one Son, his beloved, he sent him also at last unto them, saying, they will reverence my Son.

7 But the husbandmen said to one another, this is the heir, Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

8 And they took him, and killed Him too, casting him out of the vineyard.

9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will let the vineyard to others.

10 And have ye not read this scripture, "The stone, which the builders refused, is become the head of the corner:

11 this was from the Lord, and it is marvellous in our eyes."

12 And they sought to lay hands on Him, but they were afraid of the people; (for they knew that He spake the parable against them) and they left Him, and went away.

13 And they send to Him some of the pharisees, and of the Herodians to insnare Him in his discourse:

14 and these, when they came, said to Him, Master, we know that thou art a man of truth, 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 pay tribute to Cesar, or not? should we give, or should we not give?

15 But He knew their hypocrisy, and said to them, Why do ye tempt me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

16 So they brought one: and He saith to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said Cesar's.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Render then unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at Him.

18 Then come the sadducees to Him, who say there is no resurrection;

19 and they asked Him, saying, Master, Moses, in his writings tells us, if any one's brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife and died and left no seed;

21 and the second took her, and died, and he left no seed neither; and the third likewise.

22 And all the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all died the woman also.