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Mark 11:27-12:12 — The Authority of Jesus Questioned; The Parable of the Tenants

Mark.11.27-12.12

²⁷They came again to Jerusalem. And while he was walking in the temple courts , the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him. ²⁸And they were saying to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?” ²⁹But Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.” ³⁰“The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.” ³¹And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'” ³²But if we say, 'From men'—" they feared the crowd, for everyone truly held that John was a prophet. ³³And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Chapter 12

¹And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence around it, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went away. ²At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to receive from them some of the produce of the vineyard. ³But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴And again he sent another servant to them, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully. ⁵And he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others—some they beat, and others they killed. ⁶He still had one, a beloved son. He sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷But those tenant farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' ⁸And they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenant farmers, and he will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰Have you not even read this Scripture: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; ¹¹this came from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? ¹²The chief priests, the scribes, and the elders were seeking to seize him, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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4/11/2026

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