The Good News According to Mark, Chapter 12
{12:1} He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a
vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a
tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
{12:2} When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from
the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard. {12:3} They took
him, beat him, and sent him away empty. {12:4} Again, he sent another
servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the
head, and sent him away shamefully treated. {12:5} Again he sent
another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and
killing some. {12:6} Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he
sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' {12:7} But
those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's
kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' {12:8} They took him,
killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. {12:9} What therefore
will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. {12:10} Haven't you
even read this Scripture:
'The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner.
{12:11} This was from the Lord,
It is marvelous in our eyes'?"
{12:12} They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for
they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him,
and went away. {12:13} They sent some of the Perushim and of the
Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. {12:14} When
they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest,
and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly
teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
{12:15} Shall we give, or shall we not give?"
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me?
Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
{12:16} They brought it.
He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
They said to him, "Caesar's."
{12:17} Yeshua answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
They marveled greatly at him.
{12:18} There came to him Tzedukim, who say that there is no
resurrection. They asked him, saying, {12:19} "Teacher, Moshe wrote to
us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves
no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up
offspring for his brother.' {12:20} There were seven brothers. The
first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. {12:21} The second
took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third
likewise; {12:22} and the seven took her and left no children. Last of
all the woman also died. {12:23} In the resurrection, when they rise,
whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
{12:24} Yeshua answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken,
not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? {12:25} For when
they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are like angels in heaven. {12:26} But about the dead,
that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moshe, about the
Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Avraham, the God
of Yitzchak, and the God of Ya`akov?' {12:27} He is not the God of the
dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
{12:28} One of the [1>]Sofrim[<1] came, and heard them questioning
together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which
[2>]mitzvah[<2] is the greatest of all?"
{12:29} Yeshua answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Yisra'el, the Lord
our God, the Lord is one: {12:30} you shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength.' This is the first [3>]mitzvah[<3].
{12:31} The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.' There is no other [4>]mitzvah[<4] greater than these."
{12:32} The [5>]Sofer[<5] said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have
said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, {12:33} and
to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with
all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as
himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices."
{12:34} When Yeshua saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,
"You are not far from the Kingdom of God."
No one dared ask him any question after that. {12:35} Yeshua
responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the
[6>]Sofrim[<6] say that the Messiah is the son of David? {12:36} For
David himself said in the [7>]Ruach HaKodesh[<7],
'The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at my right hand,
Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.'
{12:37} Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his
son?"
The common people heard him gladly. {12:38} In his teaching he said
to them, "Beware of the [8>]Sofrim[<8], who like to walk in long
robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, {12:39} and the best
seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts: {12:40} those
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These
will receive greater condemnation."
{12:41} Yeshua sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the
multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in
much. {12:42} A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass
coins, which equal a quadrans coin. {12:43} He called his
[9>]talmidim[<9] to himself, and said to them, "Most assuredly I tell
you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the
treasury, {12:44} for they all gave out of their abundance, but she,
out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
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Footnotes:
[1] {12:28} scribes
[2] {12:28} commandment
[3] {12:30} commandment
[4] {12:31} commandment
[5] {12:32} scribe
[6] {12:35} scribes
[7] {12:36} Holy Spirit
[8] {12:38} scribes
[9] {12:43} disciples
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