Mark 12:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² And they sought to lay hold of Him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And they were trying to get hold of Him, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He spoke this parable with reference to and against them. So they left Him and departed. [Isa. 5:1-7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.

Common English Bible

¹² They wanted to arrest Jesus because they knew that he had told the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And they sought to take hold of him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had spoken this parable about them. And leaving him behind, they went away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And they sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way.

Mark 12:12 Cross References

Matthew 21:26

"But if we should say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, for all consider John as a prophet."

Matthew 22:22

When they had heard these words, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away.

Mark 11:18

And the scribes and chief priests heard it and they sought how they might destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.

Mark 11:32

"But should we say, 'From men' "-they feared the people, for all had counted John to have been a prophet indeed.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they were afraid-for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded [that] John was a prophet."

John 7:25

Therefore some of people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not He whom they are seeking to kill?

John 7:30

Therefore they were seeking to arrest Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

John 7:44

Now some of them wished to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.