Mark 12:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

When it was harvest time, he sent a servant to get his share of the grapes.

Cross References

Hebrews 1:1

Long ago in many ways and at many times God's prophets spoke his message to our ancestors.

Luke 20:10

When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything.

Luke 12:48

But servants who don't know what their master wants them to do will not be beaten so hard for doing wrong. If God has been generous with you, he will expect you to serve him well. But if he has been more than generous, he will expect you to serve him even better.

Matthew 21:34

When it was harvest time, the owner sent some servants to get his share of the grapes.

Zechariah 7:7

My message today is the same one I commanded the earlier prophets to speak to Jerusalem and its villages when they were prosperous, and when all of Judah, including the Southern Desert and the hill country, was filled with people.

Micah 7:1

I feel so empty inside— like someone starving for grapes or figs, after the vines and trees have all been picked clean.

Jeremiah 44:4

Time after time I sent my servants the prophets to tell the people of Judah how much I hated their disgusting sins. The prophets warned them to stop sinning,

Jeremiah 35:15

You refused to listen to my prophets, who kept telling you, “Stop doing evil and worshiping other gods! Start obeying the Lord, and he will let you live in this land he gave your ancestors.”

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.

Ezra 9:11

that were given to us by your servants the prophets. They said the land you are giving us is full of sinful and wicked people, who never stop doing disgusting things.

2 Chronicles 36:15

But the Lord God felt sorry for his people, and instead of destroying the temple, he sent prophets who warned the people over and over about their sins.

2 Kings 17:13

So the Lord made sure that every prophet warned Israel and Judah with these words: “I, the Lord, command you to stop doing sinful things and start obeying my laws and teachings! I gave them to your ancestors, and I told my servants the prophets to repeat them to you.”

Mark 12:1

Jesus then told them this story: A farmer once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.

Mark 12:3

The renters grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him away without a thing.