Mark's Gospel: Chapter 12

Key words

• Entrust: to give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible

He didn't look like the sort of man you should entrust your luggage to.

• Seize: to take using sudden force

The rebels seized control of the TV station.

• Empty handed: not having anything to bring or to take away

We can't go to the party empty-handed.

• Cornerstone: something of great importance on which everything else depends

In most countries, the family unit is still the cornerstone of society.

• Fraud: someone who deceives people by saying that they are someone or something that they are not

He says he’s been everywhere and done everything, but I think he’s a fraud.

Read the article to find the answers

1. Who was the parable about?
2. What did the builders reject?
3. What does Jesus say we should give to God?
4. What will people be like when they rise from the dead?

Jesus speaks to the priests in parables

"There was a man who planted a vineyard and entrusted it to labourers. Then he went on a long journey. When the time was right, he sent a servant to collect some of the produce of the vineyard from the workers. But they seized the servant, attacked him and sent him away empty-handed. He tried again, sending another servant, but they threw stones at him, injuring him badly. He sent another servant, but they killed him and many others."

"Finally, he sent his only beloved son, thinking that they would surely respect him. But the workers thought that if they killed him, the vineyard would be theirs. So they killed him."

"What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and destroy those workers and give the vineyard to others. Haven't you read this scripture? The stone that the builders rejected has become the head cornerstone."

They knew the parable was about them, so they tried to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd and went away.