Mark 12:1

American King James Version (1999)

And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:23

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand sliver coins, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Matthew 13:3

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Matthew 21:28

But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dig a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country:

Matthew 21:34

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, that they might receive the fruits of it.

Matthew 25:14

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.

Mark 11:33

And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mark 13:34

For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Mark 3:23

And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:2

And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,

Luke 15:13

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Luke 19:12

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Luke 22:9

And they said to him, Where will you that we prepare?

Luke 8:10

And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Acts 7:38

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give to us: