Mark 12:3

First Nations Version

but the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:15

They are the ones who killed our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and the prophets and have driven us away. They fail to please the Great Spirit and are hostile to all humankind.

Acts 7:52

Did not your ancestors hunt down, torture, and kill the prophets who foretold the coming of the Upright One? You have now become his betrayers and murderers!

Matthew 15:22

A Lowlander (Canaanite) woman from that territory came to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Honored One! Descendant of Much Loved One (David),” she cried out to him. “Have pity on me, for my daughter is tormented by an evil spirit.”

Mark 12:2

“A tribal member planted a large vineyard. He encircled it with a hedge, dug a hole for stomping the juice from the grapes, and built a tower for watching over it. He then rented it out to other tribal farmers for a share of the grapes. Then he traveled far away on a long journey to another land. “When harvest time came, the tribal member who owned the vineyard sent a trusted messenger to gather his share of the grapes,

Mark 12:4

“The vineyard owner sent another messenger; but they treated him shamefully, struck him on the head, and sent him away also.