Mark 12:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:”

Mark 12:10

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And they took him, and killed {him}, and cast {him} out of the vineyard.

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

And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

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Mark 12:1

"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A {certain} man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about {it}, and digged {a place for} the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."

Mark 12:2

"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."

Mark 12:3

"And they caught {him}, and beat him, and sent {him} away empty."

Mark 12:4

"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded {him} in the head, and sent {him} away shamefully handled."

Mark 12:5

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

Mark 12:6

"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."

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