Mark 12:1

Free Bible Version

Then Jesus began to speak to them using illustrated stories. “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to some farmers, and left on a journey.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:23

At that time everywhere that once had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will only have brambles and thorns.

Jeremiah 2:21

I was the one who planted you like the finest vine, grown from the very best seed. How could you degenerate into a useless wild vine?

Ezekiel 20:49

But then I said, “Oh no, Lord God! People already say, ‘He's just telling stories!’”

Matthew 13:3

He explained many things to them, using stories as illustrations. “The sower went out to sow,” he began.

Matthew 21:28

“But what do you think about this illustration? Once there was a man who had two sons. He went to the first son, and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Matthew 21:33

Here's another illustration. There once was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, made a winepress, and built a watchtower. He rented it to some tenant farmers, and then left to go to a different country.

Matthew 21:34

At harvest-time, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect the fruit that belonged to him.

Matthew 25:14

It's like a man who went away on a trip. He called in his servants and entrusted them with what he owned.

Mark 11:33

So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.” “Then I'm not telling you by whose authority I do these things,” replied Jesus.

Mark 13:34

It's like a man who went away on a journey. He left his house, and gave each of his servants the authority to do what he told them. He told the doorkeeper to stay awake.

Mark 3:23

But Jesus called them over to him. Using illustrations he asked them, “How can Satan throw out Satan?

Mark 4:2

He illustrated his teachings using many stories.

Luke 15:13

A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.

Luke 19:12

“Once there was a nobleman who left home to go to a distant country to be crowned king there, and then to return.

Luke 22:9

They asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare for it?”

Luke 8:10

Jesus replied, “You've been given insights into the mysteries of God's kingdom, but the rest are given illustrations so that, ‘Even though they see, they don't really see; and even though they hear, they don't really understand.’

Acts 7:38

Moses was with God's assembled people in the desert when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and there with our forefathers he received God's living word to give to us.