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Myles Coverdale Bible

Mark 12:7

But the same hussbandmen sayde amonge them selues: This is the heyre, Come, let vs kyll him, so shal the inheritaunce be ours.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Capital and Labor;   Church;   God Continued...;   Husbandman;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Lease;   Malfeasance in Office;   Reproof;   Self-Condemnation;   Servant;   Unfaithfulness;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Capital and Labour;   Labour;   Labour Troubles;   Land;   Real Estate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rebellion against God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death of Christ;   Faith;   Kill, Killing;   Suffering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Parables;   Patience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Peter, First Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Allegory;   Business (2);   Caesarea Philippi;   Corner-Stone ;   Fellowship (2);   Heir Heritage Inheritance;   Husbandman ;   Inheritance ;   Justice (2);   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Lots;   Messiah;   Mission;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Parable;   Preaching Christ;   Propitiation (2);   Trinity (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Heir;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heir;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Trinity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
King James Version (1611)
But those husbandmen said amongst themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
King James Version
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
English Standard Version
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
New American Standard Bible
"But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
New Century Version
"But the farmers said to each other, ‘This son will inherit the vineyard. If we kill him, it will be ours.'
Amplified Bible
"But those tenants said to each other, 'This man is the heir! Come on, let us kill him [and destroy the evidence], and his inheritance will be ours!'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
Legacy Standard Bible
But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
Berean Standard Bible
But the tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
Contemporary English Version
But they said to themselves, "Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves."
Complete Jewish Bible
But the tenants said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
Darby Translation
But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
Easy-to-Read Version
"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.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.
George Lamsa Translation
But the laborers said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
Good News Translation
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and his property will be ours!'
Lexham English Bible
But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'
Literal Translation
But these vinedressers said to themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
American Standard Version
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
Bible in Basic English
But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.
Hebrew Names Version
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
International Standard Version
But those farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
Etheridge Translation
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
Murdock Translation
But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the husbandmen saide amongest them selues: this is the heyre, come, let vs kyll him, and the inheritaunce shalbe ours.
English Revised Version
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
World English Bible
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
Weymouth's New Testament
"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "`Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the erthetilieris seiden togidere, This is the eire; come ye, sle we hym, and the eritage schal be ourun.
Update Bible Version
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
Webster's Bible Translation
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
New English Translation
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'
New King James Version
But those vinedressers said among themselves, "This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
New Living Translation
"But the tenant farmers said to one another, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!'
New Life Bible
The farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the one who will get everything when the owner dies. Let us kill him and we will get everything.'
New Revised Standard
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, those husbandmen, unto themselves, said - This, is the heir: Come! let us slay him, and, ours, shall be, the inheritance.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir. Come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.
Revised Standard Version
But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But the tenauntes sayde amongest them selves: this is the heyre: come let vs kyll hym and ye inheritauce shalbe oures.
Young's Literal Translation
and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;
Mace New Testament (1729)
but these husbandmen said to one another, this is the heir, come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.
THE MESSAGE
"But those farmhands saw their chance. They rubbed their hands together in greed and said, ‘This is the heir! Let's kill him and have it all for ourselves.' They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him over the fence.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"But the evil cowboys saw the son coming and said to one another, 'Look, the rancher sends his own son. If we kill him, then the rancher will have no one to leave his ranch to and we will have the boy's inheritance.'

Contextual Overview

1 And he beganne to speake vnto them by parables: A certayne ma planted a vynyarde, and made a hedge aboute it, and dygged a wynne presse, and buylded a tower, and let it out vnto hussbande men, and wente in to a straunge countre. 2 And whan the tyme was come, he sent a seruaut to the hussbande men, that he might receaue of the hussbandmen, of the frute of the vynyarde. 3 But they toke him, and bet him, and sent him awaye emptye. 4 Agayne, he sent vnto them another seruaunt, whom they stoned, and brake his heade, and sent him awaye shamefully dealt withall. 5 Agayne he sent another, whom they slew, and many other: some they bett, and some they put to death. 6 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. 7 But the same hussbandmen sayde amonge them selues: This is the heyre, Come, let vs kyll him, so shal the inheritaunce be ours. 8 And they toke him, and slewe him, and cast him out of the vynyarde. 9 What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do? He shal come and destroye the hussbande men, and geue the vynyarde vnto other. 10 Haue ye not red this scripture: The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the headstone in the corner?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

This: Mark 12:12, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 37:20, Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:3, Psalms 22:12-15, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:7, Isaiah 53:8, Matthew 2:3-13, Matthew 2:16, John 11:47-50, Acts 2:23, Acts 5:28, Acts 7:52, Acts 13:27, Acts 13:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:18 - conspired Matthew 21:38 - This

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
And Noe buylded an altare vnto ye LORDE, and toke of all maner of cleane beastes & of all maner of cleane foules, and offred bret sacrifices vpon ye altare.
Genesis 12:8
The brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne yt laye on ye east syde of the cite of Bethel, & pitched his tent: so yt he had Bethel on the west side, and Ay on ye east syde: & there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, & called vpon the name of the LORDE.
Genesis 12:9
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.
Genesis 12:12
Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue.
Genesis 13:4
euen vnto ye place where he had made the altare before, & where he called vpon the name of the LORDE
Genesis 13:15
for all the londe that thou seist, wyll I geue vnto the and to thy sede for euer,
Genesis 13:18
So Abram remoued his tent, and wente and dwelt in ye Okegroue of Mamre, which is in Ebron, and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE.
Genesis 15:18
The same daye made the LORDE a couenaut with Abram, and sayde: Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lode, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates:
Genesis 17:1
Now whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, & sayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, & be vncorrupte.
Genesis 17:3
Then fell Abram vpon his face.And God talked furthur, with him, and sayde:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But those husbandmen said among themselves,.... This, in the Persic version, is introduced thus, "when the vine dressers saw the son of the lord of the vineyard": agreeably to Matthew 21:38. The Ethiopic version renders it, "and the servants said"; not the servants that had been sent, but the workmen in the vineyard:

this is the heir; that is, "of the vineyard", as the Persic version expresses it they knew him by the prophecies of the Old Testament which had described him, and by the miracles which were wrought by him; and they could not deny but that the vineyard of the house of Judah belonged to him, and he was right heir to the throne of Israel; though they refused to embrace him, confess him, and declare for him: but, on the other hand, said,

come let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours; that is, "the vineyard", and the Persic version again read. The priests, Scribes, and elders of the people consulted together to take away his life, with this view: that they might continue in the quiet possession of their nation, temple, and worship, in the office they bore, and in the privileges they partook of; and that the Romans might not come, and take away their place and nation, John 11:47;

John 11:47- :.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 12:7. This is the heir — So they appear to have acknowledged in their consciences that this was the Messiah, the heir of all things.

The inheritance shall be ours. — By slaying him we shall maintain our authority, and keep possession of our revenues.


 
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