Mark 12:7

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 12:7 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. 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!”
  3. Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  4. Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
  5. 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 is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  6. Isaiah 53:7He 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.
  7. Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  8. 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 learned from the Magi.
  9. 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.
  10. John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.”
  13. 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—
  14. Acts 13:27The 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.

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