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Mark 12:1

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.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 12:1-12

See this parable explained in the notes at Mat 21:33-46. See this parable explained in the notes at Mat 21:33-46.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

A certain man planted a vineyard - See this parable explained, Mat 21:33-41 (note).

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 12:1-12

Christ had formerly in parables showed how he designed to set up the gospel church; now he begins in parables to show how he would lay aside the Jewish church, which it might have been grafted into…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Mar 12:1-12. Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen

1. by parables Another Parable spoken at this time was that of "the Two Sons" (Mat 21:28-32), and "the Marriage of the King's Son" (Mat 22:1-14). St Mark…