Mark 12:1

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.

Cross References (32)

  • Isaiah 5:1–4 (13)

    I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

  • Mark 13:34 (8)

    It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the d

  • Song of Solomon 8:11–12 (6)

    Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels o

  • Mark 4:2 (5)

    And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

  • Romans 11:17–24 (5)

    Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share i

  • Matthew 25:14 (5)

    For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

  • Mark 4:33–34 (4)

    With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

  • Psalms 80:8–16 (4)

    You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

  • Acts 7:38 (3)

    He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he re

  • Acts 7:46–47 (3)

    who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

  • Romans 3:1–2 (3)

    What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

  • Romans 9:4–5 (3)

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of th

  • Luke 20:9–19 (2)

    Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went aw

  • Luke 19:12 (2)

    So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

  • Matthew 13:10–15 (1)

    Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

  • Jeremiah 2:21 (1)

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild

  • Ezekiel 20:49 (1)

    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

  • Mark 12:1–12 (1)

    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 b

  • Matthew 21:28 (1)

    But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in t

  • Ezekiel 20:18–20 (1)

    In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or def

  • Matthew 13:34–35 (1)

    Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

  • Mark 4:11–13 (1)

    He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expresse

  • Nehemiah 9:13–14 (1)

    You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statute

  • John 15:1–8 (1)

    “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

  • Luke 8:10 (1)

    He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parabl

  • Luke 15:13 (1)

    After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his we

  • Isaiah 7:23 (1)

    And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns wil

  • Ezekiel 20:11–12 (1)

    And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

  • Luke 13:6–9 (1)

    Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it bu

  • Psalms 147:19–20 (1)

    He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

  • Psalms 78:68–69 (0)

    But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

  • Luke 22:9 (0)

    “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked.