Mark 12:6

Easy-to-Read Version

"The man had only one person left to send to the farmers. It was his son. He loved his son, but he decided to send him. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He still had one to send, a beloved

King James Version (1611)
Hauing yet therefore one sonne his welbeloued, he sent him also last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

King James Version
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

English Standard Version
He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

New American Standard Bible
"He had one more man to send, a beloved son; he sent him to them last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

New Century Version
"The man had one person left to send, his son whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

Amplified Bible
"He still had one man left to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Legacy Standard Bible
He had one more, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

Berean Standard Bible
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

Contemporary English Version
The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the renters because he thought they would respect him.

Complete Jewish Bible
He had still one person left, a son whom he loved; in the end, he sent him to them, saying, ‘My son they will respect.'

Darby Translation
Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

George Lamsa Translation
But finally, he had a very beloved son, and he sent him to them last of all, for he said, They might feel ashamed before my son.

Good News Translation
The only one left to send was the man's own dear son. Last of all, then, he sent his son to the tenants. ‘I am sure they will respect my son,' he said.

Lexham English Bible
He had one more, a beloved son. Last of all he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

Literal Translation
Yet having one son, his own beloved, then he sent him to them also, last of all , saying, They will have respect for my son.

American Standard Version
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Bible in Basic English
He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore he had yet one, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

International Standard Version
He still had one more person to send,more person to send">[fn] a son whom he loved. Finally, he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Etheridge Translation
But at last having one son, the beloved, he sent him to them; for he said, Now will they be confounded by my son.

Murdock Translation
At last, having an only and dear son, he sent him to them; for he said, Perhaps they will respect my son.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so, when he had yet but one beloued sonne, he sent hym also at the last vnto them, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne.

English Revised Version
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

World English Bible
Therefore he had yet one, a beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Having yet therefore one son his well-beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Weymouth's New Testament
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "`They will treat my son with respect.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But yit he hadde a moost derworth sone, and he sente hym last to hem, and seide, Perauenture thei schulen drede my sone.

Update Bible Version
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Webster's Bible Translation
Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.

New English Translation
He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

New King James Version
Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, "They will respect my son.'

New Living Translation
until there was only one left—his son whom he loved dearly. The owner finally sent him, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son.'

New Life Bible
"He had a much-loved son to send yet. So last of all he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

New Revised Standard
He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet one, had he, a son beloved: he sent him forth last unto them, saying - They will pay deference unto my son!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, having yet one son, most dear to him, he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.

Revised Standard Version
He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yet had he one sonne whom he loved tenderly him also he sent at the last vnto them sayinge: they wyll feare my sonne.

Young's Literal Translation
`Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then had he yet one sonne onely, whom he loued, him he sent also vnto them at the last, and sayde: they wyl stonde in awe of my sonne.

Mace New Testament (1729)
at last, having one only son, whom he loved, he sent him to them; surely, said he, they will reverence my son.

THE MESSAGE
"Finally there was only one left: a beloved son. In a last-ditch effort, he sent him, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Finally, the rancher was all out of hands and the only one left to send was his only son—the son he loved more than anything else. The rancher finally sent him, thinking, 'Surely they will respect my son.'

Contextual Overview

¹ Jesus used stories to teach the people. He said, "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around the field and dug a hole for a winepress. Then he built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip. ² "Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to the farmers to get his share of the grapes. ³ But the farmers grabbed the servant and beat him. They sent him away with nothing. ⁴ Then the man sent another servant to the farmers. They hit this servant on the head, showing no respect for him. ⁵ So the man sent another servant. The farmers killed this servant. The man sent many other servants to the farmers. The farmers beat some of them and killed the others. ⁶ "The man had only one person left to send to the farmers. It was his son. He loved his son, but he decided to send him. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.' ⁷ "But the farmers said to each other, ‘This is the owner's son, and this vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.' ⁸ So they took the son, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁹ "So what will the man who owns the vineyard do? He will go and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to others. ¹⁰ Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders refused to accept became the cornerstone.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

one: Psalms 2:7, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 26:63, John 1:14, John 1:18, John 1:34, John 1:49, John 3:16-18, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12

his: Mark 1:11, Mark 9:7, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 37:3, Genesis 37:11-13, Genesis 44:20, Isaiah 42:1, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, Luke 3:22, Luke 9:35, John 3:35, Hebrews 1:1, Hebrews 1:2

They: Psalms 2:12, John 5:23, Hebrews 1:6, Revelation 5:9-13

Reciprocal: Matthew 21:37 - last Luke 20:15 - What

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan was the father of Sidon. Sidon was Canaan's first son. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites,

Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called Abram and said to him, "You have done a very bad thing to me! Why didn't you tell me Sarai was your wife?

Genesis 12:19
You said, ‘She is my sister.' Why did you say that? I took her so that she could be my wife, but now I give your wife back to you. Take her and go!"

Genesis 13:7
(The Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in this land at the same time.) The shepherds of Abram and Lot began to argue.

Genesis 33:18
Jacob safely ended his trip from Paddan Aram when he came to the town of Shechem in Canaan. He made his camp in a field near the city.

Genesis 34:2
She was seen by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area. Shechem took Dinah and raped her.

Genesis 35:4
So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

Deuteronomy 11:30
These mountains are on the other side of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites living in the Jordan Valley. These mountains are toward the west, not far from the oak trees of Moreh near the town of Gilgal.

Joshua 20:7
So the Israelites chose some cities to be called cities of safety. These are the cities: Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim; Kiriath Arba (Hebron) in the hill country of Judah;

Joshua 24:32
When the Israelites left Egypt, they carried the bones from the body of Joseph with them. They buried the bones of Joseph at Shechem on the land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of the man named Shechem. Jacob had bought that land for 100 pieces of pure silver. This land belonged to Joseph's children.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved,.... The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the one, and only Son of God his Father, his only begotten Son, for he has no other Son in the same way of filiation; and who is his dear Son, the Son of his love, who was loved by him before the foundation of the world; and whom he declared to be his beloved Son, both at his baptism, and at his transfiguration upon the mount, by a voice from heaven: this Son he having with him, in his bosom, as one brought up with him, and rejoicing before him,

he sent him also last unto them; after all the prophets had been with them, when the last days were come, the end of the Jewish state, civil and ecclesiastical; see Hebrews 1:1;

saying, they will reverence my son. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read, "perhaps they will reverence my son", as in Luke 20:13;

Luke 20:13- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-46.