Mark 12:1

Mark · New Testament · Chapter 12

“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 12:1

What Does Mark 12:1 Mean?

Mark 12:1 is found in the book of Mark, chapter 12, verse 1 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Mark 12:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

John 15:1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.”Isaiah 5:1“Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:”Matthew 21:33“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”Mark 13:34“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”Song of Solomon 8:11“Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.”Psalms 80:8“Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.”Matthew 25:14“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.”Mark 4:2“And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,”Luke 20:9“Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.”Jeremiah 2:21“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?”Mark 4:33“And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.”Romans 11:17“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;”Psalms 80:15“And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.”Luke 19:12“He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.”Acts 7:38“This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:”Acts 7:46“Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.”Romans 3:1“What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?”Romans 9:4“Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;”Ezekiel 20:18“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:”Micah 4:8“And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.”

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