Mark 12:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 12:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Mark 12:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Mark 12:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 12:1 — World English Bible
Mark 12:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. ”
Mark 12:1 — American Standard Version
Mark 12:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;”
Mark 12:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Mark 12:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. ”
Mark 12:1 — Darby Translation
Mark 12:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.”
Mark 12:1 — Geneva Bible
Mark 12:1 in Context — 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.
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.
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
What Does Mark 12:1 Mean?
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