Mark 12:8

So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses the chief priests, scribes, and elders with a parable about a vineyard owner and his tenants. The narrator records the tenants carrying out their plot to seize and murder the owner's son.

The words — λαβόντες (labontes) means "having taken" or "seized," and ἐξέβαλον (exebalon) means "cast forth" or "threw out." These verbs describe the tenants' deliberate, sequential actions against the son.

The thread — The identical sequence of seizing, casting out, and killing appears in Matthew 21:39 and Luke 20:15. These parallel accounts record the same narrative detail without adding interpretive commentary.

Why it lands — The text states that the tenants seized, killed, and cast out the son. A reader must acknowledge that the narrative demands accountability for how one treats the owner's appointed heir.

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The Greek words

καὶkaiAnd λαβόντεςlabonteshaving taken ἀπέκτεινανapekteinanthey killed αὐτὸνautonhim καὶkaiand ἐξέβαλονexebaloncast forth αὐτὸνautonhim ἔξωexōoutside τοῦtouthe ἀμπελῶνος.ampelōnosvineyard.

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Matthew 21:33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Matthew 21:39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Luke 20:15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Hebrews 13:11 Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.