The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
Mark 12:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
- KJV
- And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- WEB
- Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
- ASV
- And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- LSV
- And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.
- YLT
- 'And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.
- DBY
- And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
- DRC
- And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.
- GNV
- And againe he sent another, and him they slew, and many other, beating some, and killing some.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὓς (“some”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τοὺς (“the”) (2 places).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include πάλιν (“again”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Spelling of ἀποκτέννοντες: Byzantine text: ἀποκτένοντες; Westcott–Hort: ἀποκτεννύντες; Textus Receptus: ἀποκτείνοντες.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont add πάλιν.
- SBLGNT: οὓς μὲν δέροντες οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὓς μὲν δέροντες οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες; Robinson–Pierpont read τοὺς μὲν δέροντες τοὺς δὲ ἀποκτένοντες.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἄλλον ἀπέστειλεν· κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν, καὶ πολλοὺς ἄλλους, οὓς μὲν δέροντες οὓς δὲ ἀποκτέννοντες.
- RP2018
- Καὶ πάλιν ἄλλον ἀπέστειλεν· κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν· καὶ πολλοὺς ἄλλους, τοὺς μὲν δέροντες, τοὺς δὲ ἀποκτένοντες.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ πάλιν ἄλλον ἀπέστειλε· κἀκεῖνον ἀπέκτειναν· καὶ πολλοὺς ἄλλους, τοὺς μὲν δέροντες, τοὺς δὲ ἀποκτείνοντες.
- SCR1894
- και παλιν αλλον απεστειλεν κακεινον απεκτειναν και πολλους αλλους τους μεν δεροντες τους δε αποκτεινοντες
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◆ Holy Week◆ Debates in the Temple
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Capital and LaborLeaseMalfeasance in OfficeHusbandmanSelf-CondemnationUnfaithfulnessRebellion against GodReproofServantProphets
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Jeremiah 7:25–28From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks…
- Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Mark 9:13But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
- Luke 6:36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
- Matthew 21:35–36But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
- Matthew 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
- Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For…
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