Mark 12:1-12

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He

put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers

and moved to another place.

Mark 12:1-122 At harvest time he sent a servant to the

tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they

seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Then he sent another

servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.

Mark 12:1-125 He sent still another, and that one they

killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed. 6 “He

had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying,

‘They will respect my son.’

Mark 12:1-127 “But the tenants said to one another,

‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they

took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will

come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:1-1210 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “‘The stone the builders

rejected has become the cornerstone; 11

the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Mark 12:1-1212 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had

spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they

left him and went away.

1 – Who are the cast of characters?

2 – What is the meaning of the parable?

3 – What can I learn from this story?

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

Isaiah 5:1-2

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a

vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it

with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress

as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad

fruit.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah

are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of

distress.

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

- God

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

- God

- People of Israel

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

- God

- People of Israel

- Religious Leaders

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

- God

- People of Israel

- Religious Leaders

- Prophets

Owner

Vines

Tenants

Servants

Son

- God

- People of Israel

- Religious Leaders

- Prophets

- Jesus

Mark 12:1

…“A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the

winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers

and moved to another place.

Mark 12:2

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of

the fruit of the vineyard.

1 Kings 19:10

I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have

rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his

messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his

dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his

prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there

was no remedy.

Mark 12:6

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying,

‘They will respect my son.’

Mark 12:9

9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:10-1110 Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture: “‘The stone the builders

rejected has become the cornerstone; 11

the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Mark 12:6

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying,

‘They will respect my son.’

– God has given us everything we need to be fruitful.

– God expects us to be fruitful.

– God has given us everything we need to be fruitful.

Galatians 5:21-22

…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.

– To be fruitful, we must remain faithful.

– God expects us to be fruitful.

– God has given us everything we need to be fruitful.

John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can

do nothing.