Mark 12:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ The owner had one more person [left to send], his dearly loved son. [So] he sent him to them last of all, reasoning to himself, ‘[Surely] they will treat my son with respect.’

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ He had still one left [to send], a beloved son; last of all he sent him to them, saying, They will respect my son.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Common English Bible

⁶ Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'

Mark 12:6 Cross References

John 1:34

And I have seen and given testimony that this person is the Son of God.”

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice came out of heaven, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with Him.”

1 John 4:9

Here is the way God’s love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.

Hebrews 1:6

And again, when God sent the Firstborn One [i.e., Jesus. See Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18; Rev. 1:5] into the world, He said [Deut. 32:43 LXX], “And all of God’s angels should worship Him.”

John 5:23

so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has given everything into His hands [See Eph. 1:20-22].

John 1:49

Nathaniel replied to Him, “Rabbi [i.e., Teacher], you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father’s side, has shown us who He is.

John 1:14

[Eventually] this Word became a human being and lived among us [Note: The word “lived” here refers to pitching a temporary tent]. (And we saw His splendor; such splendor as belongs to the Father’s only Son), full of God’s favor and truth.

Luke 9:35

Then a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, [whom] I have chosen; listen to Him.”

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit came down on Him in a physical form, as a dove, and a voice spoke out of heaven [saying], “You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you.”

Mark 9:7

[Just then] a cloud engulfed them and a voice spoke out of the cloud saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, listen to Him.”

Mark 1:11

And a voice called out from heaven, saying, “You are my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with you.”

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus did not say anything. So, the head priest said to Him, “I command you [to swear] by the living God, [and] to tell us if you are the Christ [i.e., God’s specially chosen one], the Son of God!”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him.”

Matthew 11:27

“All things have been entrusted to me by my Father and no one [truly] knows the Son except the Father. And neither does anyone [truly] know the Father except the Son and that person to whom the Son wants to reveal Him.

Matthew 1:23

“Look, the virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will name Him Immanuel,” which means “God with us.”

Mark 12:5

He sent [still] another slave, whom they killed. He continued sending many more slaves; they beat some and killed others.

Mark 12:7

But the tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]. Come on, let us kill him and then the inheritance will be ours.’

3 John 1:1

[This is being written by] the elder to my dear [friend] Gaius, whom I love in the truth. [Note: This probably means “whom I truly love”].