Mark 12

The earliest written gospel material was anonymous but attributed to a man named Mark.

Comments
The parable of a certain man Who planted a vineyard, is similar to what we read in Matthew 21:33-46. Comp. Luke 20:9-19.
The idea of setting an hedge is most likely a wall which is establishing a capitalist property right.
He also digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower. This shows there was a considerable investment which was turned over to a husbandman.^[1]
The husbandman is the stewart holdind dominion of a trust for the owner. A long chain of abuses accurs against the owner's representative and eventually they attempt to steaĺ the inheritance^[2] from the father by killing the son.
We may see the idea to put to death thr rightful heir as a way to inherit what was the Fathers but that often produces the consequences of what is called the Wrath of God.
A test of faith in the "Love" of God is a willingness to sacrifice and even die for that faith. Christ came to show us the way of righteousness which would include a daily ministration of rightly dividing the free bread of charity from house to house through the practice of pure religion.
The early Christians would be put to death for not signing up at the public temples for the free bread of Rome just as the Pharisees sought to put to death this Christ who offered a system of Corban that was an alternative to that which had been offered by Herod and the Pharisees which was "making the word of God to none effect".
John the Baptist and the apostles of Jesus had been baptizing the people into that system of charity that did not rely on forced contributions and the covetous practices of public religion. This would be at the heart of the Christian conflict with Rome a d the persecution of the early Church.
V12 and 13 reveals that they knew Jesus spoke of them and their apostasy.
V14 Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? The truth was they owed the tribute because they had made contracts and covenants with Caesar, taken his dainties and were now snared.




Questions
What did it mean to regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth?

The Vinyard and the Husbandman

[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^[1], and went into a far country.

[2] And at the season he sent to the Husbandman^[1] a servant^[3], that he might receive from the husbandmen^[1] of the fruit of the vineyard.

Beat the bondsman

[3] And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Wounded the bondsman

[4] And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

Kill the bondsman

[5] And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

[6] Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Kills the son

[7] But those husbandmen^[1] said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance^[2] shall be ours.

[8] And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

What shall be done

[9] What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen^[1], and will give the vineyard unto others.

[10] And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

[11] This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

They sought to kill

[12] And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

[13] And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

A trap

[14] And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

[15] Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

[16] And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

Render what is owed

[17] And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

Resurrection

[18] Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

[19] Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

[20] Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

[21] And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

[22] And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

[23] In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

The err

[24] And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

[25] For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

God of the living

[26] And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

[27] He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Primary command

[28] And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment^[4] of all?

[29] And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

[30] And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart^[5], and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

[31] And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

[32] And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

[33] And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

[34] And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

[35] And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?

[36] For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

[37] David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

[38] And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

[39] And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

[40] Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

judged by the treasury

[41] And Jesus sat over against ^[6] the treasury,^[7] and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury^[7]: and many that were rich cast in much.

[42] And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

[43] And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:^[7]

[44] For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ‭1092. γεωργος georgos gheh-ore-gos’; from 1093 ge soil and the base of 2041 erogon toil; a land-worker, i.e. farmer: — husbandman. ‭
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ‭2817. κληρονομια kleronomia klay-ron-om-ee’-ah; from 2818 kleronomos inheritor; heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession: — inheritance.
↑ 1401 ~δοῦλος~ doulos \@doo’-los\@ from 1210 deo to bind; n AV-servant 120, bond 6, bondman 1; 127
1) a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
1a) a slave

1b) metaph., one who gives himself up to another’s will, those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men

1c) devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests

2) a servant, attendant
↑ 1785 ~ἐντολή~ entole \@en-tol-ay’\@ from 1781; n f AV-commandment 69, precept 2; 71
1) an order, command, charge, precept, injunction
1a) that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office

2) a commandment
2a) a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
2a1) a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood

2a2) ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition

For Synonyms see entry 5918
↑ Heart and mind
Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Hebrews 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 10:16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.

Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
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2523 ~καθίζω~ kathizo \@kath-id’-zo\@ another (active) form for 2516 sit; v AV-sit 26, sit down 14, set 2, be set 2, be set down 2, continue 1, tarry 1; 48
1) to make to sit down
1a) to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one

2) intransitively
2a) to sit down

2b) to sit
2b1) to have fixed one’s abode

2b2) to sojourn, to settle, settle down
- καθίσας (kathisas) — 11 Occurrences
Mark 9:35
..."he sat down"" to make ruling.

Mark 12:41
Jesus sat over against the treasury^[1]

[[Luke 5]):3
And he sat down, and taught

Luke 14:28 ... 31
sitteth not down first, and counteth... and consulteth

Luke 16:6
bill, and sit down quickly, and write

John 8:2
him; and he sat down, and taught them.

Acts 12:21
in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,

Acts 25:6
and the next day sitting on

[[Acts 25]):17
on the morrow I sat on

Ephesians 1:20

the dead, and set [him] at his own
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 1049 ~γαζοφυλάκιον~ gazophulakion \@gad-zof-oo-lak’-ee-on\@ from 1047 and 5438; ; n n AV-treasury 5; 5
1) a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury

It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests, etc, dwelt: #Ne 13:7; of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited. Josephus speaks of treasuries in the women’s court of Herod’s temple. In the N.T. near the treasury seems to used of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes, i.e. trumpets, so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor.

[georgos-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ‭1092. γεωργος georgos gheh-ore-gos’; from 1093 ge soil and the base of 2041 erogon toil; a land-worker, i.e. farmer: — husbandman. ‭

[kleronomia-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ‭2817. κληρονομια kleronomia klay-ron-om-ee’-ah; from 2818 kleronomos inheritor; heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession: — inheritance.

[doulos-3] 1401 ~δοῦλος~ doulos \@doo’-los\@ from 1210 deo to bind; n AV-servant 120, bond 6, bondman 1; 127
1) a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
1a) a slave

1b) metaph., one who gives himself up to another’s will, those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men

1c) devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests

2) a servant, attendant

[entole-4] 1785 ~ἐντολή~ entole \@en-tol-ay’\@ from 1781; n f AV-commandment 69, precept 2; 71
1) an order, command, charge, precept, injunction
1a) that which is prescribed to one by reason of his office

2) a commandment
2a) a prescribed rule in accordance with which a thing is done
2a1) a precept relating to lineage, of the Mosaic precept concerning the priesthood

2a2) ethically used of the commandments in the Mosaic law or Jewish tradition

For Synonyms see entry 5918

[heartmind-5] Heart and mind
Jeremiah 31:33 "But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Isaiah 63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, [and] hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Hebrews 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Hebrews 10:16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.

Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

[kathizo-6] 2523 ~καθίζω~ kathizo \@kath-id’-zo\@ another (active) form for 2516 sit; v AV-sit 26, sit down 14, set 2, be set 2, be set down 2, continue 1, tarry 1; 48
1) to make to sit down
1a) to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one

2) intransitively
2a) to sit down

2b) to sit
2b1) to have fixed one’s abode

2b2) to sojourn, to settle, settle down

καθίσας (kathisas) — 11 Occurrences

Mark 9:35
..."he sat down"" to make ruling.

Mark 12:41
Jesus sat over against the treasury^[1]

[[Luke 5]):3
And he sat down, and taught

Luke 14:28 ... 31
sitteth not down first, and counteth... and consulteth

Luke 16:6
bill, and sit down quickly, and write

John 8:2
him; and he sat down, and taught them.

Acts 12:21
in royal apparel, sat upon his throne,

Acts 25:6
and the next day sitting on

[[Acts 25]):17
on the morrow I sat on

Ephesians 1:20

the dead, and set [him] at his own

[7] καθίσας (kathisas) — 11 Occurrences

[gazophulakion-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 1049 ~γαζοφυλάκιον~ gazophulakion \@gad-zof-oo-lak’-ee-on\@ from 1047 and 5438; ; n n AV-treasury 5; 5
1) a repository of treasure, especially of public treasure, a treasury

It is used to describe the apartments constructed in the courts of the temple, in which the not only the sacred offerings and things needful for the service were kept, but in which the priests, etc, dwelt: #Ne 13:7; of the sacred treasury in which not only treasure but also public records were stored, and the property of widows and orphans was deposited. Josephus speaks of treasuries in the women’s court of Herod’s temple. In the N.T. near the treasury seems to used of that receptacle mentioned by the rabbis to which were fitted thirteen chests or boxes, i.e. trumpets, so called from their shape, and into which were put the contributions made voluntarily or paid yearly by the Jews for the service of the temple and the support of the poor.

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Mark 12

Contents

The Vinyard and the Husbandman

Beat the bondsman

Wounded the bondsman

Kill the bondsman

Kills the son

What shall be done

They sought to kill

A trap

Render what is owed

Resurrection

The err

God of the living

Primary command

judged by the treasury

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The Vinyard and the Husbandman

Beat the bondsman

Wounded the bondsman

Kill the bondsman

Kills the son

What shall be done

They sought to kill

A trap

Render what is owed

Resurrection

The err

God of the living

Primary command

judged by the treasury

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