"But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours." — Mark 12:7

Mark 12:7 · KJV

“But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.”

— Mark 12:7

Verse 6

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Verse 8

And they took him, and killed {him}, and cast {him} out of the vineyard.

Mark 12 — Context

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

And they took him, and killed {him}, and cast {him} out of the vineyard.

What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Cross References

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Acts 13:27-28

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled {them} in condemning {him}.

Matthew 2:3-13

When Herod the king had heard {these things}, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Acts 5:28

Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

Isaiah 49:7

Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, {and} his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, {and} the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in soul}

Matthew 2:16

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

Genesis 37:20

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Isaiah 53:7-8

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.