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New Testament
Mark 12
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
121Jesus began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenant farmers and went on a journey. 2When it was time, he sent a servant to the tenants to receive his share of the vineyard's produce. 3They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4Again, he sent another servant to them. But they hit him on the head and treated him shamefully. 5Then he sent another servant, but they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed. 6He still had one left, a dearly loved son. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8They seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9So what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others. 10Have you not read this Scripture:
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
12They were looking for a way to arrest him, because they knew that he had spoken the parable against them. But they feared the crowd, so they left him and went away.
Paying Taxes to Caesar
13The Jewish leaders sent some Pharisees and some Herodians to Jesus to try to trap him in what he said. 14They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest and do not play favorites, since you are not partial to anyone,[] but you teach the way of God on the basis of the truth. Is it lawful to pay a tax to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay it or not?”
Since Jesus knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why do you keep testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at it.”
16So they brought one.
He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”
“Caesar's,” they answered him.
17Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.”
And they were amazed at him.
The God of the Living
18Next some Sadducees (who say that there will be no resurrection) came to him. They asked him a question: 19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘If a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife but no child, then his brother should take his wife and raise up children for his brother.’[]
20“Now there were seven brothers. The first one took a wife and died without leaving children. 21The second one married her and died, leaving no children. The third one did the same. 22The seven left no children. Last of all, the woman also died. 23So when they rise in the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had her as a wife?”
24Jesus said to them, “Isn't this the reason you are mistaken: that you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? 25In fact, when people rise from the dead, they do not marry, and they are not given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven. 26But about the dead—that they are raised—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[] 27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken.”
Love God and Your Neighbor
28One of the experts in the law approached after he heard their discussion. When he saw that Jesus had answered them well, he asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
29Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, the Lord is one. 30You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’[] 31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[] There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32The expert in the law said to him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken correctly on the basis of the truth that he is one, and there is no other besides him.[] 33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”[]
34When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
David's Son and David's Lord
35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he responded by saying, “How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36David himself said by the Holy Spirit:
The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand,
37“David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.
Do Not Do What They Do
38He also said to them in his teaching, “Beware of the experts in the law who like to walk around in long robes and receive greetings in the marketplaces. 39They love the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40They devour widows' houses and offer long prayers to look good. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
The Poor Widow's Offering
41Jesus sat down opposite the offering box and was watching how the crowd put money into it. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42One poor widow came and put in two small bronze coins,[] worth less than a penny.[] 43He called his disciples together and said to them, “Amen I tell you: This poor widow put more into the offering box than all the others. 44For they all gave out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all that she had to live on.”
Footnotes
- 12:11 Psalm 118:22-23
- 12:14 Literally and it is not a concern to you about anyone, for you do not look at the face of men
- 12:19 See Deuteronomy 25:5–6.
- 12:26 Exodus 3:6,15
- 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:4-5
- 12:31 Leviticus 19:18
- 12:32 See Deuteronomy 6:4; 4:35; Isaiah 45:21.
- 12:33 Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18
- 12:36 Psalm 110:1
- 12:42 Literally lepta. One lepton was a coin worth about 1/128 of an agricultural worker's daily wages.
- 12:42 Literally quadrans. One quadrans was a coin worth about 1/64 of an agricultural worker's daily wages.