Mark 12:1

New International Version

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

Cross References

Isaiah 7:23

In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.

Jeremiah 2:21

I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?’ ”

Matthew 13:3

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 21:28

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

Matthew 25:14

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

Mark 11:33

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Mark 13:34

It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 4:2

He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:

Luke 15:13

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

Luke 19:12

He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

Luke 22:9

“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

Luke 8:10

He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

Acts 7:38

He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.