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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Mark 12:7

In 9 translations

BSB
But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
KJV
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
WEB
But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
ASV
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
LSV
and those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and the inheritance will be ours;
YLT
and those husbandmen said among themselves — This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;
DBY
But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
DRC
But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir; come let us kill him; and the inheritance shall be ours.
GNV
But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: εἶπον.
  • Word order: NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place εἶπαν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν; Robinson–Pierpont read εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
RP2018
Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
TR-Boyd
Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
SCR1894
εκεινοι δε οι γεωργοι ειπον προς εαυτους οτι ουτος εστιν ο κληρονομος δευτε αποκτεινωμεν αυτον και ημων εσται η κληρονομια

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 2:3–13When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem in…
  • Psalms 22:12–15Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts…
  • Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had…
  • Mark 12:12At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
  • Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
  • Psalms 2:2–3The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
  • Isaiah 53:7–8He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth. By oppression and judgment He was…
  • Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  • Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
  • John 11:47–50Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come…
  • Acts 13:27–28The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they…
  • Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  • Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who…
  • Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

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