MARK 12:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But the tenant farmers said to each others, ‘Ah ha. This is the one who will inherit this land. If we kill him, we’ll be the ones to control the estate.’

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But those farmers said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

UST However, when the people who were taking care of the vineyard saw the man’s son arriving, they told each other, ‘This man is the one who will inherit the vineyard. We should kill him, and then we can take the vineyard for ourselves.’

BSB But [the] tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

MSB But [the] tenants said[fn] to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

12:7 GOC But when the tenants saw him coming, they said

BLB But those farmers said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

AICNT But those vine-growers [[seeing him coming]][fn] said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

12:7, seeing him coming: Some manuscripts include.

OEB But those tenants said to one another “Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.”

WEBBE But those farmers said amongst themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

LSV and those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and the inheritance will be ours;

FBV But the farmers said to themselves, ‘Here's the owner's heir—if we kill him, we can get what he would have inherited!’

TCNT But [fn]the farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

12:7 the farmers ¦ when the farmers saw him coming, they ANT

T4T But when they saw his son coming, those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’

LEB But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

BBE But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

Moff But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.

Wymth "But those men—the vine-dressers—said to one another, "`Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

ASV But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

DRA But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir; come let us kill him; and the inheritance shall be ours.

YLT and those husbandmen said among themselves — This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

Drby But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

RV But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

SLT And these husbandmen said with themselves, That this is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.

Wbstr But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

KJB-1769 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

KJB-1611 But those husbandmen said amongst themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
(But those husbandmen said amongst themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.)

Bshps But the husbandmen saide amongest them selues: this is the heyre, come, let vs kyll him, and the inheritaunce shalbe ours.
(But the husbandmen said amongest themselves: this is the heyre, come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.)

Gnva But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.
(But ye/you_all husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heire: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. )

Cvdl But the same hussbandmen sayde amonge them selues: This is the heyre, Come, let vs kyll him, so shal the inheritaunce be ours.
(But the same hussbandmen said among themselves: This is the heyre, Come, let us kill him, so shall the inheritance be ours.)

TNT But the tenauntes sayde amongest them selves: this is the heyre: come let vs kyll hym and the inheritaunce shalbe oures.
(But the tenants said amongest themselves: this is the heyre: come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be oures. )

Wycl But the erthetilieris seiden togidere, This is the eire; come ye, sle we hym, and the eritage schal be ourun.
(But the earthtilieris said together, This is the eire; come ye/you_all, slay/kill we him, and the heritage shall be ourun.)

Luth Aber dieselben Weingärtner sprachen untereinander: Dies ist der Erbe; kommt, laßt uns ihn töten, so wird das Erbe unser sein.
(But the_same winegrowers said each_other: This/These is the/of_the heritage; comes, let us/to_us/ourselves him/it kill, so becomes the heritage our be.)

ClVg Coloni autem dixerunt ad invicem: Hic est hæres: venite, occidamus eum: et nostra erit hæreditas.[fn]
(Coloni however they_said to each_other: Here/This it_is heir: come, occidamus him: and our will_be inheritance. )

12.7 Coloni autem. ID. Probat Judæorum principes non per ignorantiam Christum crucifixisse, etc., usque ad et suam justitiam quæ ex lege est, præferre nitebantur.

12.7 Coloni however. ID. Probat Yudahorum leaders not/no through ignorance Christ/Messiah crucifiedsse, etc., until to and his_own justice which from lawfully it_is, beforeferre nitebantur.

UGNT ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος; δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
(ekeinoi de hoi geōrgoi pros heautous eipan, hoti houtos estin ho klaʸronomos; deute, apokteinōmen auton, kai haʸmōn estai haʸ klaʸronomia.)

SBL-GNT ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ ⸂πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν⸃ ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
(ekeinoi de hoi geōrgoi ⸂pros heautous eipan⸃ hoti Houtos estin ho klaʸronomos; deute apokteinōmen auton, kai haʸmōn estai haʸ klaʸronomia.)

RP-GNT Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
(Ekeinoi de hoi geōrgoi eipon pros heautous hoti Houtos estin ho klaʸronomos; deute, apokteinōmen auton, kai haʸmōn estai haʸ klaʸronomia.)

TC-GNT Ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ [fn]γεωργοὶ [fn]εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
(Ekeinoi de hoi geōrgoi eipon pros heautous hoti Houtos estin ho klaʸronomos; deute, apokteinōmen auton, kai haʸmōn estai haʸ klaʸronomia. )

12:7 γεωργοι ¦ γεωργοι θεασαμενοι αυτον ερχομενον ANT

12:7 ειπον προς εαυτους ¦ προς εαυτους ειπον ANT ¦ προς εαυτους ειπαν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 12:1–12: Jesus told a parable about some evil grape farmers

In 11:28 the Jewish religious leaders asked Jesus two questions about his authority. In this section Jesus used a parable to answer those question in an indirect way. The Jewish leaders showed that they understood this parable by the way they responded in 12:12.

Jesus’ parable was about a man who owned a grape farm. He told some men to farm it for him and to give him a share of the profit. However, the men refused to give the owner his share. They even mistreated his servants who came to collect the money. When the owner sent his own son, they killed him.

Jesus used the people in the parable to represent the Jewish religious leaders and their actions toward God and toward himself, God’s son. Here are the most likely meanings of the different people and things in the parable:See Ray Summers, Commentary on Luke: Jesus, the Universal Savior, 1972, on the parallel passage in Luke 20:9–19.

The owner of the grape farm	represents	God
The grape farm	represents	Israel and its people
The grape farmers	represent	the Jewish religious leaders
The servants	represent	God’s messengers or prophets
The son	represents	Jesus

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The parable of the vineyard and its farmers

The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard (GNT)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 21:33–46 and Luke 20:9–19.

12:7a

But the tenants said to one another,

But when the son arrived, the renters/farmers said to each other,
Instead, when they saw the son, the men who had agreed to farm for him said to one another,

Verses 12:7–8 tell what happened after the son arrived at the grape farm. However, the text in 12:7a does not actually say that the son arrived. In some languages it may be necessary to make that explicit. For example:

But when the son arrived

But the tenants said to one another: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as But introduces a contrast with what the owner thought in 12:6c. Instead of respecting the owner’s son, the farmers told each other that they should kill him (12:7c). Indicate this contrast in a natural way in your language.

12:7b

‘This is the heir.

‘This is the one who will inherit the grape farm.
‘This is the owner’s only son. When the owner dies, he will get the farm.

This is the heir: Here the tenants indicated that the owner’s son was his heir. The Greek word that the BSB translates as heir refers to the person who would own his father’s property after his father died.

12:7c

Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Let us^(incl) kill him, and as a result, the grape farm will belong to us.^(incl)’
Listen, let us kill him, so we will be able to keep/own his father’s property/estate.’
Let us kill him, and we will get the farm.’

Come: In this context the Greek word that the BSB translates as Come indicates that the farmers encouraged each other to unite and kill the heir. It does not refer to moving toward something. Consider whether you have an expression in your culture that members of a group might use to encourage each other to do something. In some languages it may be more natural not to translate this word.

let us kill him: The grape farmers said the words let us kill him to encourage each other to kill the owner’s son.

and the inheritance will be ours: This phrase expresses what the farmers thought would happen if they killed the son.It seems that the farmers were not thinking clearly about the probable results of their killing the heir. Perhaps when they saw the son coming they thought that the owner had already died and that the son was coming to claim the grape farm for himself (Gundry pages 686–687). Some scholars indicate that it was customary at that time that, when men had farmed land for three (or perhaps four) years or more, they could claim that it was their land if there was no one else to claim it (France page 461). So the farmers thought that if they killed the son (apparently the only son), they would become the owners of the grape farm. In some languages you may wish to make this clear by following this example:

If we do, then the inheritance will be ours.

the inheritance: The Greek word that the BSB translates as inheritance refers to the grape farm, which the son would receive when his father died. To “inherit” something means to own it when the previous owner, usually a parent, dies.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν

those (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐκεῖνοι Δέ οἱ γεωργοί πρός ἑαυτούς εἶπαν ὅτι Οὗτος ἐστίν ὁ κληρονόμος δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν καί ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία)

Here Jesus implies that those farmers said this when they saw that the man’s son had arrived at the vineyard. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [But when the son arrived, those farmers said to each other] or [But those farmers, when they saw the man’s son, said to each other]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

γεωργοὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐκεῖνοι Δέ οἱ γεωργοί πρός ἑαυτούς εἶπαν ὅτι Οὗτος ἐστίν ὁ κληρονόμος δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν καί ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία)

See how you translated farmers in [12:1](../12/01.md). Alternate translation: [vine dressers] or [grape farmers]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος; δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [said to each other that this man was the heir and that they should come and kill him so that the inheritance would be theirs]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

δεῦτε

come

Here, the word Come is an exhortation to do something together with the speaker. The word does not necessarily mean that the people must travel somewhere. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that exhorts people to work together. Alternate translation: [Working together] or [Acting with one another]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

καὶ

Here, the word and introduces the purpose for which the farmers plan to kill the son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a purpose. Alternate translation: [and that way]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἡ κληρονομία

the inheritance

Here the farmers are referring primarily to the vineyard, which would be the son’s inheritance. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [the inheritance, this vineyard,]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns