The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Mark 12:3
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
- KJV
- And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- WEB
- They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
- ASV
- And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- LSV
- and they, having taken him, severely beat [him], and sent him away empty.
- YLT
- and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.
- DBY
- But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.
- DRC
- Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
- GNV
- But they tooke him, and beat him, and sent him away emptie.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read καὶ (“But”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οἱ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read Οἱ δὲ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἔδειραν καὶ ἀπέστειλαν κενόν.
- RP2018
- Οἱ δὲ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἔδειραν, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν κενόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Οἱ δὲ λαβόντες αὐτὸν ἔδειραν, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν κενόν.
- SCR1894
- οι δε λαβοντες αυτον εδειραν και απεστειλαν κενον
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Capital and LaborLeaseMalfeasance in OfficeHusbandmanEmpty; EmptierSelf-CondemnationUnfaithfulnessReproofServantWicked (People)
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Cross-references most cited first
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Hebrews 11:36–37Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute,…
- Jeremiah 26:20–24Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did. King Jehoiakim and all…
- Jeremiah 29:26‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
- Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Daniel 9:10–11and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the…
- Luke 11:47–51Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. Because of this,…
- Luke 13:33–34Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her,…
- Jeremiah 44:4–5Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’ But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning…
- 1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- Luke 20:10–12At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. So he sent another servant, but they beat him and…
- 2 Chronicles 24:19–21Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen. Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before…
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