The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Mark 12:6

In 9 translations

BSB: Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
KJV: Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
WEB: Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
ASV: He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
LSV: Having yet therefore one son—his beloved—he also sent him to them last, saying, They will respect my son;
YLT: 'Having yet therefore one son — his beloved — he sent also him unto them last, saying — They will reverence my son;
DBY: Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
DRC: Therefore having yet one son, most dear to him; he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
GNV: Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

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Where the editions differ

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οὖν (“therefore”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἶχεν (“did have”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔχων (“having”).

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῦ (“of him”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἔσχατον elsewhere in this verse.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἕνα … ἀπέστειλεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἕνα … ἀπέστειλεν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν καὶ.
SBLGNT: ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς; Robinson–Pierpont read πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ἔτι ἕνα εἶχεν, υἱὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων ὅτι Ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.
RP2018: Ἔτι οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν καὶ αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατον, λέγων ὅτι Ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.
TR-Boyd: Ἔτι οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλε καὶ αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατον, λέγων ὅτι Ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.
SCR1894: ετι ουν ενα υιον εχων αγαπητον αυτου απεστειλεν και αυτον προς αυτους εσχατον λεγων οτι εντραπησονται τον υιον μου

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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 Labor Lease Malfeasance in Office Husbandman Self-Condemnation Unfaithfulness Reverence Rebellion against God Reproof Authority in Religion

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Cross-references most cited first

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John 1:34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
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John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
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