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Gospel of Mark, Chapter 12

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Chapter 12 of Mark—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Also, he started to speak to them with illustrations: “A man planted a vineyard,1 and put a fence around it, and dug a vat for the winepress and erected a tower,2 and let it out to cultivators,3 and traveled abroad.4
  2. Now in due season he sent forth a slave to the cultivators, that he might get some of the fruits of the vineyard from the cultivators.5
  3. But they took him, beat him up and sent him away empty.6
  4. And again he sent forth another slave to them; and that one they struck on the head and dishonored.7
  5. And he sent forth another, and that one they killed; and many others, some of whom they beat up and some of whom they killed.
  6. One more he had, a beloved son.8 He sent him forth last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’9
  7. But those cultivators said among themselves, ‘This is the heir.10 Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’11
  8. So they took him and killed him,12 and threw him outside the vineyard.13
  9. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the cultivators, and will give the vineyard14 to others.15
  10. Did YOU never read this scripture, ‘The stone16 that the builders rejected, this has become the chief cornerstone.17
  11. From Jehovah[a] this has come to be, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”18
  12. ¶ At that they began seeking how to seize him, but they feared the crowd, for they took note that he spoke the illustration with them in mind. So they left him and went away.19
  13. ¶ Next they sent forth to him some of the Pharisees and of the party followers of Herod,[b]20 to catch him in his speech.21
  14. On arrival these said to him: “Teacher, we know you are truthful and you do not care for anybody, for you do not look upon men’s outward appearance, but you teach the way of God in line with truth:22 Is it lawful to pay head tax to Caesar[c] or not?
  15. Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?”23 Detecting their hypocrisy, he said to them: “Why do YOU put me to the test? Bring me a de·narʹi·us[d] to look at.”24
  16. They brought one. And he said to them: “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to him: “Caesar’s.”25
  17. Jesus then said: “Pay back[e] Caesar’s things to Caesar,26 but God’s things to God.”27 And they began to marvel at him.28
  18. ¶ Now Sadducees came to him, who say there is no resurrection, and they put the question to him:29
  19. “Teacher, Moses wrote us that if someone’s brother dies and leaves a wife behind but does not leave a child, his brother30 should take the wife and raise up offspring from her for his brother.31
  20. There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, but when he died he left no offspring.32
  21. And the second took her, but died without leaving offspring; and the third the same way.
  22. And the seven did not leave any offspring. Last of all the woman also died.33
  23. In the resurrection to which of them will she be wife? For the seven got her as wife.”34
  24. Jesus said to them: “Is not this why YOU are mistaken, YOUR not knowing either the Scriptures or the power of God?35
  25. For when they rise from the dead, neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but are as angels in the heavens.36
  26. But concerning the dead, that they are raised up, did YOU not read in the book of Moses, in the account about the thornbush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob’?37
  27. He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living. YOU are much mistaken.”38
  28. ¶ Now one of the scribes that had come up and heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them in a fine way, asked him: “Which commandment is first of all?”39
  29. Jesus answered: “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Jehovah[f] our God is one Jehovah,[g]40
  30. and you must love Jehovah[h] your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul[i] and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.’41
  31. The second is this, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’42 There is no other commandment greater than these.”
  32. The scribe said to him: “Teacher, you well said in line with truth, ‘He is One, and there is no other than He’;43
  33. and this loving him with one’s whole heart and with one’s whole understanding and with one’s whole strength and this loving one’s neighbor as oneself is worth far more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”44
  34. At this Jesus, discerning he had answered intelligently, said to him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” But nobody had the courage anymore to question him.45
  35. ¶ However, when making a reply, Jesus began to say as he taught in the temple: “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is David’s son?46
  36. By the holy spirit47 David himself said, ‘Jehovah[j] said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet.”’48
  37. David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ but how does it come that he is his son?”49
    ¶ And the great crowd was listening to him with pleasure.50
  38. And in his teaching he went on to say: “Look out for the scribes51 that want to walk around in robes and want greetings in the marketplaces[k]
  39. and front seats in the synagogues and most prominent places at evening meals.52
  40. They are the ones devouring the houses53 of the widows and for a pretext making long prayers; these will receive a heavier judgment.”54
  41. ¶ And he sat down with the treasury chests55 in view and began observing how the crowd was dropping money[l] into the treasury chests;[m] and many rich people were dropping in many coins.56
  42. Now a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins,[n] which have very little value.[o]57
  43. So he called his disciples to him and said to them: “Truly I say to YOU that this poor widow dropped in more than all those dropping money into the treasury chests;58
  44. for they all dropped in out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, dropped in all of what she had, her whole living.”59

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ See App 1D.
  2. ^ Or, “of the He­ro­di­ans.”
  3. ^ Or, “the emperor.” Gr., Kaiʹsa·ri.
  4. ^ See 6:37 ftn.
  5. ^ Lit., “Give you back.”
  6. ^ See App 1D.
  7. ^ See App 1D.
  8. ^ See App 1D.
  9. ^ Or, “your . . . life.” Gr., tes psy·khesʹ sou; J17,18,22(Heb.), naph·shekhaʹ.
  10. ^ See App 1D.
  11. ^ Or, “places of assembly.”
  12. ^ Lit., “copper [money].”
  13. ^ Or, “the sacred treasury.”
  14. ^ Lit., “two lepta.” A lepton was the smallest Jewish copper or bronze coin. See App 8A.
  15. ^ Lit., “which is a quadrans.” A Roman copper or bronze coin valued at one sixty-fourth of a denarius. See App 8A.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 80:8; Je 2:21
  2. ^ Is 5:2
  3. ^ Sg 8:11
  4. ^ Mt 21:33; Lu 20:9
  5. ^ Mt 21:34; Lu 20:10
  6. ^ Mt 21:35
  7. ^ Mt 21:36; Lu 20:11; Heb 11:37
  8. ^ Ps 2:7; Mt 1:23; Ga 4:4; 1Jo 4:9
  9. ^ Mt 21:37; Lu 20:13
  10. ^ Ps 2:8; Heb 1:2
  11. ^ Mt 21:38; Lu 20:14
  12. ^ Ac 2:23
  13. ^ Mt 21:39; Lu 20:15; Heb 13:12
  14. ^ Ac 28:28
  15. ^ Mt 21:41; Lu 20:16
  16. ^ Ac 4:11
  17. ^ Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42; Lu 20:17; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:7
  18. ^ Ps 118:23
  19. ^ Mt 21:45; Mr 11:18; Lu 20:19
  20. ^ Mr 3:6
  21. ^ Mt 22:15; Lu 20:20
  22. ^ Mt 22:16; Lu 20:21
  23. ^ Mt 22:17; Lu 20:22
  24. ^ Mt 22:18; Lu 20:23
  25. ^ Mt 22:20; Lu 20:24
  26. ^ Ro 13:7; Ti 3:1; 1Pe 2:13
  27. ^ Mt 22:21; Lu 20:25
  28. ^ Mt 22:22
  29. ^ Mt 22:23; Lu 20:27; Ac 23:8
  30. ^ Ge 38:8; De 25:5
  31. ^ Mt 22:24; Lu 20:28
  32. ^ Mt 22:25; Lu 20:29
  33. ^ Mt 22:26; Lu 20:31
  34. ^ Mt 22:28; Lu 20:33
  35. ^ Mt 22:29; Lu 20:34
  36. ^ Mt 22:30; Lu 20:35
  37. ^ Ex 3:2; Mt 22:31; Lu 20:37
  38. ^ Mt 22:32; Lu 20:38
  39. ^ Mt 22:35
  40. ^ De 6:4
  41. ^ De 6:5; Jos 22:5; Mt 22:37; Lu 10:27
  42. ^ Le 19:18; Mt 22:39; Ro 13:9; Ga 5:14; Jm 2:8
  43. ^ De 4:39; 6:4; Is 45:21; 46:9; 1Co 8:4
  44. ^ De 6:5; 1Sa 15:22; Ho 6:6; Mc 6:6
  45. ^ Mt 22:46
  46. ^ Mt 22:42; Lu 20:41; Jn 7:42
  47. ^ 2Sa 23:2; 2Ti 3:16; 2Pe 1:21
  48. ^ Ps 110:1; Mt 22:44; Ac 2:34; 1Co 15:25; Heb 1:13
  49. ^ Ro 1:3; Re 22:16
  50. ^ Lu 19:48; 21:38
  51. ^ Mt 23:1; Lu 20:46
  52. ^ Mt 23:6; Lu 11:43; 20:46
  53. ^ 2Ti 3:6
  54. ^ Mt 23:14
  55. ^ 2Ki 12:9; Jn 8:20
  56. ^ Lu 21:1
  57. ^ Lu 21:2
  58. ^ 1Ch 29:9; Lu 21:3; 2Co 8:12
  59. ^ 1Ch 29:9; Lu 21:4

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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