Mark 12:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the season came, he sent a bond servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. American Standard Version (1901) And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. Common English Bible When it was time, he sent a servant to collect from the tenants his share of the fruit of the vineyard. Catholic Public Domain Version And in time, he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. |
Still, the Lord warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, ‘Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.’
But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again, for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.
you gave through your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land you are entering to possess is an impure land. The surrounding peoples have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness by their impurity and detestable practices.
Time and time again I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay attention or obey me.
So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, , saying, “Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.”
How sad for me! For I am like one who – when the summer fruit has been gathered after the gleaning of the grape harvest – finds no grape cluster to eat, no early fig, which I crave.
Aren’t these the words that the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, along with its surrounding cities, and when the southern region and the Judean foothills were inhabited? ’
When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.
He began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
But the one who did not know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be expected. ,
At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.