Mark 12:3
New International Version
But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

New Living Translation
But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.

English Standard Version
And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Berean Standard Bible
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Berean Literal Bible
But having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

King James Bible
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

New King James Version
And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

New American Standard Bible
And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

NASB 1995
“They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

NASB 1977
“And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Amplified Bible
They took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Christian Standard Bible
But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

American Standard Version
And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Contemporary English Version
The renters grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him away without a thing.

English Revised Version
And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The workers took the servant, beat him, and sent him back with nothing.

Good News Translation
The tenants grabbed the slave, beat him, and sent him back without a thing.

International Standard Version
But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Majority Standard Bible
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

NET Bible
But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

New Heart English Bible
They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they caught him, and beat him and sent him away empty.

Weymouth New Testament
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

World English Bible
They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and they, having taken him, severely beat [him], and sent him away empty.

Berean Literal Bible
But having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Young's Literal Translation
and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they, taking him, stripped, and sent away empty.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.

New American Bible
But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

New Revised Standard Version
But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But they beat him, and sent him away empty.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But they beat him and sent him away empty.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And they took him and scourged him, and sent him away without any thing.

Godbey New Testament
and they taking him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Haweis New Testament
But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Mace New Testament
but they seized on him, and beat him, and sent him home empty.

Weymouth New Testament
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

Worrell New Testament
And, taking him, they beat him, and sent him away empty.

Worsley New Testament
and they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
2At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 3But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.…

Cross References
Matthew 21:35
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Luke 20:10-11
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. / So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...

Jeremiah 7:25-26
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Acts 7:52
Which 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—

Hebrews 11:36-37
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

Matthew 23:34-37
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. ...

Luke 11:47-51
Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them. / So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. / Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ ...

John 15:20
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

Acts 5:40-41
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. / The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

1 Kings 19:10
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”


Treasury of Scripture

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

they.

1 Kings 18:4,13
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) …

1 Kings 19:10,14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away…

1 Kings 22:27
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

and sent.

Jeremiah 44:4,5,16
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate…

Daniel 9:10,11
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets…

Zechariah 7:9-13
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: …

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Mark 12
1. Jesus tells the parable of the tenants
13. He avoids the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar;
18. convicts the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection;
28. resolves the scribe, who questioned of the first commandment;
35. refutes the opinion that the scribes held of the Christ;
38. bidding the people to beware of their ambition and hypocrisy;
41. and commends the poor widow for her two mites, above all.














But they seized the servant
This phrase reflects the rejection of God's messengers by the people of Israel. In the parable, the servant represents the prophets sent by God to call His people to repentance. Historically, prophets like Jeremiah and Elijah faced hostility and persecution (Jeremiah 20:2, 1 Kings 19:10). The act of seizing indicates a forceful and deliberate rejection, symbolizing Israel's consistent resistance to divine messages.

beat him
The beating of the servant signifies the physical and spiritual violence inflicted upon God's messengers. This reflects the harsh treatment and suffering endured by many prophets, such as Isaiah, who according to tradition, was sawn in two (Hebrews 11:37). It underscores the severity of Israel's rebellion and the cost of delivering God's truth.

and sent him away empty-handed
Sending the servant away empty-handed illustrates the complete rejection of the message he carried. The servant's failure to collect the fruit symbolizes Israel's failure to produce the fruits of righteousness expected by God (Isaiah 5:1-7). This action foreshadows the ultimate rejection of Jesus Christ, the Son, who was also sent by the Father and rejected by the religious leaders of His time. The empty-handed return emphasizes the unfulfilled purpose of the servant's mission, highlighting the people's refusal to acknowledge God's authority and their accountability for their actions.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Tenants
These are the individuals in the parable who are responsible for caring for the vineyard. They represent the religious leaders of Israel who were entrusted with the spiritual care of God's people.

2. The Servant
This figure in the parable is sent by the owner to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard. He symbolizes the prophets sent by God to Israel, who were often rejected and mistreated.

3. The Vineyard
This represents Israel, God's chosen people, whom He has cultivated and cared for, expecting them to produce spiritual fruit.

4. The Owner
The owner of the vineyard symbolizes God, who has rightful authority over Israel and expects faithfulness and obedience from His people.

5. The Beating and Sending Away
This event in the parable illustrates the rejection and persecution of God's messengers by the people of Israel.
Teaching Points
Rejection of God's Messengers
The parable highlights the historical pattern of Israel rejecting God's prophets. We must be careful not to reject God's message or messengers in our own lives.

Accountability to God
Just as the tenants were accountable to the owner, we are accountable to God for how we respond to His Word and His messengers.

Spiritual Fruitfulness
God expects His people to bear spiritual fruit. We should examine our lives to ensure we are producing fruit in keeping with repentance and faith.

Perseverance in Faithfulness
Despite rejection and persecution, God's messengers are called to remain faithful. We too should persevere in our faith, even when faced with opposition.

God's Patience and Justice
The parable illustrates God's patience in sending multiple servants, but also His justice in dealing with those who reject Him. We should not take God's patience for granted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they seized
λαβόντες (labontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

[the servant],
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

beat [him],
ἔδειραν (edeiran)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1194: To flay, flog, scourge, beat. A primary verb; properly, to flay, i.e. to scourge, or to thrash.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

sent [him] away
ἀπέστειλαν (apesteilan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

empty-handed.
κενόν (kenon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2756: Apparently a primary word; empty.


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