New International VersionBut they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
New Living TranslationBut the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.
English Standard VersionAnd they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Berean Standard BibleBut they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Berean Literal BibleBut having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
King James BibleAnd they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
New King James VersionAnd they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
New American Standard BibleAnd 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 BibleAnd they took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Amplified BibleThey took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Christian Standard BibleBut they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Holman Christian Standard BibleBut they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
American Standard VersionAnd they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
Contemporary English VersionThe renters grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him away without a thing.
English Revised VersionAnd they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationThe workers took the servant, beat him, and sent him back with nothing.
Good News TranslationThe tenants grabbed the slave, beat him, and sent him back without a thing.
International Standard VersionBut the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.
NET BibleBut those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
New Heart English BibleThey took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd they caught him, and beat him and sent him away empty.
Weymouth New TestamentBut they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleBut they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
World English BibleThey took him, beat him, and sent him away empty. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand they, having taken him, severely beat [him], and sent him away empty.
Berean Literal BibleBut 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 TranslationAnd they, taking him, stripped, and sent away empty. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
Catholic Public Domain VersionBut they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.
New American BibleBut they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
New Revised Standard VersionBut they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut 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 TestamentAnd they took him and scourged him, and sent him away without any thing.
Godbey New Testamentand 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 beathim, and sent him away empty.
Worsley New Testament
and they took him and beathim, and senthim 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. 3Butthey seizedthe servant,beat him,andsent him awayempty-handed.4Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.…
Cross References Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 20:10-11At 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 5:1-7I 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 7:25-26From 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 36:15-16Again 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 9:26But 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 7:52Which 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—
Hebrews 11:36-37Still 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 2:15who 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 23:34-37Because 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 11:47-51Woe 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 15:20Remember 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 5:40-41At 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 11:24-25Five 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 wasso, 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 thisfellow 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 sendingthem, 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: … Jump to Previous BeatBlowsCaughtCruellyEmptyEmpty-HandedSeizedSeverelyJump to Next BeatBlowsCaughtCruellyEmptyEmpty-HandedSeizedSeverelyMark 12 1.Jesus tells the parable of the tenants13.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 servantThis 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 TenantsThese 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 ServantThis 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 VineyardThis represents Israel, God's chosen people, whom He has cultivated and cared for, expecting them to produce spiritual fruit. 4. The OwnerThe 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 AwayThis event in the parable illustrates the rejection and persecution of God's messengers by the people of Israel. Teaching Points Rejection of God's MessengersThe 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 GodJust as the tenants were accountable to the owner, we are accountable to God for how we respond to His Word and His messengers. Spiritual FruitfulnessGod 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 FaithfulnessDespite 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 JusticeThe 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. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Mark 12
What did Jesus mean by 'My hour has not yet come'?
What defines being a servant to everyone?
Matthew 22:2-14: How can a parable that depicts a king using violent punishment align with a loving God?
In 2 Kings 25:8, the city falls on the seventh day of the fifth month, while Jeremiah 52:12 reports the tenth day--how can these differing dates be reconciled?
Parallel Commentaries ...
Greek Butκαὶ(kai)Conjunction
Strong's 2532:And, even, also, namely.they seizedλαβόντες(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.andκαὶ(kai)Conjunction
Strong's 2532:And, even, also, namely.sent [him] awayἀπέστειλαν(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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