Mark 12 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Parable of the Vine-growers

(Mat 21:33–46; Luk 20:9–19 )

Mar 12:1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

Mar 12:2

Mar 12:2And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

Mar 12:3

Mar 12:3And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

Mar 12:4

Mar 12:4And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

Mar 12:5

Mar 12:5And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.

Mar 12:6

Mar 12:6He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Mar 12:7

Mar 12:7But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

Mar 12:8

Mar 12:8And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

Mar 12:9

Mar 12:9What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

Mar 12:10

Mar 12:10Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

Mar 12:11

Mar 12:11This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

Mar 12:12

Mar 12:12And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes

(Mat 22:15–22; Luk 20:20–26 )

Mar 12:13

Mar 12:13Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

Mar 12:14

Mar 12:14And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

Mar 12:15

Mar 12:15Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

Mar 12:16

Mar 12:16And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

Mar 12:17

Mar 12:17And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.

(Mat 22:23–33; Luk 20:27–40 )

Mar 12:18

Mar 12:18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

Mar 12:19

Mar 12:19Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

Mar 12:20

Mar 12:20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

Mar 12:21

Mar 12:21And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

Mar 12:22

Mar 12:22And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

Mar 12:23

Mar 12:23In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

Mar 12:24

Mar 12:24Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

Mar 12:25

Mar 12:25When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

Mar 12:26

Mar 12:26But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Mar 12:27

Mar 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.

(Mat 22:34–40; Luk 10:25–28 )

Mar 12:28

Mar 12:28And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

Mar 12:29

Mar 12:29Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;

Mar 12:30

Mar 12:30And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

Mar 12:31

Mar 12:31The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

Mar 12:32

Mar 12:32And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:

Mar 12:33

Mar 12:33And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

Mar 12:34

Mar 12:34And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

(Mat 22:41–46; Luk 20:41–44 )

Mar 12:35

Mar 12:35And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

Mar 12:36

Mar 12:36David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put those who are against you under your feet.

Mar 12:37

Mar 12:37David himself gives him the name of Lord; and how then is he his son? And the common people gave ear to him gladly.

(Mat 23:1–7; Luk 20:45–47 )

Mar 12:38

Mar 12:38And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

Mar 12:39

Mar 12:39And to have the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

Mar 12:40

Mar 12:40Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

The Widow's Mite

(Luk 21:1–4 )

Mar 12:41

Mar 12:41And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

Mar 12:42

Mar 12:42And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

Mar 12:43

Mar 12:43And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

Mar 12:44

Mar 12:44Because they all put in something out of what they had no need for; but she out of her need put in all she had, even all her living.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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