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Mark 12:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. "
Mark 12:8
Verse in Context
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6 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
10 Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.
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Mark 12:1
"He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country."
Mark 12:2
"When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard."
Mark 12:3
"They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty."
Mark 12:4
"Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated."
Mark 12:5
"Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some."
Mark 12:6
"Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’"
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