Bible Strands
Mark 12:9
What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus concludes his parable of the vineyard tenants, posing a rhetorical question to his listeners about the owner’s response after the son is seized and killed.
The words — kurios (master) and ampelōnos (vineyard) anchor the parable’s agricultural metaphor, identifying the absent landowner whose property is being mismanaged.
The thread — This judgment and transfer motif recurs in Matthew 21:43 and Luke 19:27, where rejected leadership faces divine removal and stewardship shifts to a fruitful people.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that persistent rejection of the sent son triggers decisive judgment and the loss of entrusted authority.
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The Greek words
King James Version
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
Cross-references
- Romans 10:20 And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
- Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
- Luke 19:27 And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- Romans 9:30 What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
- Leviticus 26:15 and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
- Leviticus 26:23 And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Leviticus 26:27 But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Joshua 23:15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.