Mark 12 · Verse 2

Mark 12:2

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mark 12:2, King James Version

Mark 12:2 in other translations

BSBAt harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
WEBWhen it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
ASVAnd at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
YLTand he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,
DARBYAnd he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
BBEAnd when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.
WebsterAnd at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

What does Mark 12:2 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 2.

(o) "fruit" Song 8:11, Mic 7:1, Lk 12:48, Jn 15:1-8

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 12:1-12

Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of…

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Mark 12:2 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἀπέστειλενapesteilenhe sentG649
πρὸςprostoG4314
τοὺςtoustheG3588
γεωργοὺςgeōrgousfarmersG1092
τῷtōat theG3588
καιρῷkairōdue timeG2540
δοῦλονdoulona servantG1401
ἵναinathatG2443
παρὰparafromG3844
τῶνtōntheG3588
γεωργῶνgeōrgōnfarmersG1092
λάβῃlabēhe may receiveG2983
ἀπὸapofromG575
τῶνtōntheG3588
καρπῶνkarpōnfruitsG2590
τοῦtouof theG3588
ἀμπελῶνος.ampelōnosvineyard.G290

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Cross references for Mark 12:2

  • John 15:1-8

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. …

  • Hebrews 1:1

    God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

  • Micah 7:1

    Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

  • Jeremiah 25:4-5

    And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

  • Jeremiah 44:4

    Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

  • Jeremiah 35:15

    I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

  • Luke 20:10

    And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

  • Ezra 9:11

    Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15

    And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

  • Zechariah 7:7

    Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • Zechariah 1:3-6

    Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
at.
Ps 1:3; Mt 21:34; Lu 20:10
a servant.
Jud 6:8-10; 2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 36:15; Ezr 9:11; Jer 25:4,5; 35:15; 44:4
Mic 7:1; Zec 1:3-6; 7:7; Lu 12:48; Joh 15:1-8; Heb 1:1

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Context

  • Mark 12:1

    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.

  • Mark 12:2

    And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Mark 12:3

    And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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Mark 12:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y envió un siervo á los labradores, al tiempo, para que tomase de los labradores del fruto de la viña.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et en la saison, il envoya un esclave aux cultivateurs pour recevoir des cultivateurs du fruit de la vigne;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sandte zur bestimmten Zeit einen Knecht zu den Weingärtnern, auf daß er von den Weingärtnern von der Frucht des Weinbergs empfinge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et misit ad agricolas in tempore servum ut ab agricolis acciperet de fructu vineæ.