Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Mark 12:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, leased it to farmers, and left the country. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND [Jesus] started to speak to them in parables [with comparisons and illustrations]. A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower and let it out [for rent] to vinedressers and went into another country. American Standard Version (1901) And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. Common English Bible Jesus spoke to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip. Catholic Public Domain Version And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND he began to speak to them in parables: A certain man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and dug a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it to husbandmen; and went into a far country. |
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to his first son and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
“Listen to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it to farmers, and left the country.
When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” In response Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
It is like a man away on a journey: When he leaves his house and gives authority to his servants, assigning to each one his task, he also commands the doorkeeper to keep watch.
So Jesus called them over and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
Then he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,
A few days later, the younger son gathered together all that he had and went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by living recklessly.
So he said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.
He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand.’
This is the man who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received a living word to give to us.