Mark 12:1

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

BSB

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

WEB

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

YLT

And he began to speak to them in similes: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

F.O.G Original

(1) He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around, dug a winepress, built a watchtower and he rented to tenant farmers and went faraway.”

F.O.G

(1) He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around, dug a winepress, built a watchtower and he rented to tenant farmers and went faraway.”

F.O.G MSG

¹With tensions mounting, Jesus began teaching them through parables: “A man planted a vineyard, built a protective wall around it, dug out a pit for the winepress, and constructed a watchtower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and traveled to a distant country.