Mark 12:6

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.'

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.

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.'

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.

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

¹Then Jesus started telling them stories. "A man planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, erected a watchtower, turned it over to the farmhands, and went off on a trip. At the time for harvest, he sent a servant back to the farmhands to collect his profits. ³"They grabbed him, beat him up, and sent him off empty-handed. So he sent another servant. That one they tarred and feathered. He sent another and that one they killed. And on and on, many others. Some they beat up, some they killed. ⁶ "Finally there was only one left: a beloved son. In a last-ditch effort, he sent him, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son.' ⁷"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. ⁹"What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? Right. He'll come and clean house. Then he'll assign the care of the vineyard to others. Read it for yourselves in Scripture: That stone the masons threw out is now the cornerstone! This is God's work; we rub our eyes—we can hardly believe it!" ¹² They wanted to lynch him then and there but, intimidated by public opinion, held back. They knew the story was about them. They got away from there as fast as they could.

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 had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.

Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called for Abram, "What's this that you've done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she's your wife? Why did you say, ‘She's my sister' so that I'd take her as my wife? Here's your wife back—take her and get out!"

Genesis 33:18
And that's how it happened that Jacob arrived all in one piece in Shechem in the land of Canaan—all the way from Paddan Aram. He camped near the city. He bought the land where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. He paid a hundred silver coins for it. Then he built an altar there and named it El-Elohe-Israel (Mighty Is the God of Israel).

Genesis 35:4
They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob.

Joshua 20:7
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hills of Naphtali, Shechem in the hills of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hills of Judah.

Joshua 24:32
Joseph's bones, which the People of Israel had brought from Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the plot of ground that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor (who was the father of Shechem). He paid a hundred silver coins for it. It belongs to the inheritance of the family of Joseph.

Judges 7:1
Jerub-Baal (Gideon) got up early the next morning, all his troops right there with him. They set up camp at Harod's Spring. The camp of Midian was in the plain, north of them near the Hill of Moreh.

Judges 9:1
Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to his uncles and all his mother's relatives and said to them, "Ask all the leading men of Shechem, ‘What do you think is best, that seventy men rule you—all those sons of Jerub-Baal—or that one man rule? You'll remember that I am your own flesh and blood.'"

1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death he had come back.

Acts 7:16
Stephen, Full of the Holy Spirit Then the Chief Priest said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.' "So he left the country of the Chaldees and moved to Haran. After the death of his father, he immigrated to this country where you now live, but God gave him nothing, not so much as a foothold. He did promise to give the country to him and his son later on, even though Abraham had no son at the time. God let him know that his offspring would move to an alien country where they would be enslaved and brutalized for four hundred years. ‘But,' God said, ‘I will step in and take care of those slaveholders and bring my people out so they can worship me in this place.' "Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign. "But then those ‘fathers,' burning up with jealousy, sent Joseph off to Egypt as a slave. God was right there with him, though—he not only rescued him from all his troubles but brought him to the attention of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He was so impressed with Joseph that he put him in charge of the whole country, including his own personal affairs. "Later a famine descended on that entire region, stretching from Egypt to Canaan, bringing terrific hardship. Our hungry fathers looked high and low for food, but the cupboard was bare. Jacob heard there was food in Egypt and sent our fathers to scout it out. Having confirmed the report, they went back to Egypt a second time to get food. On that visit, Joseph revealed his true identity to his brothers and introduced the Jacob family to Pharaoh. Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and everyone else in the family, seventy-five in all. That's how the Jacob family got to Egypt. "Jacob died, and our fathers after him. They were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb for which Abraham paid a good price to the sons of Hamor.

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.