Mark 12:1
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.”
οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
παραβολή
parables
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παραβολή
A parable, a comparison, a story with meaning. Jesus always taught in parables. A parable hides truth from the casual and reveals it to the hungry.
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λαλέω
to speak:
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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φυτεύω
planted
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φυτεύω
to set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
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φραγμός
a fence
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φραγμός
a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
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ὑπολήνιον
a wine vat
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ὑπολήνιον
vessel or receptacle under the press, i.e. lower wine-vat
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περιτίθημι
he placed around it
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περιτίθημι
to place around; by implication, to present
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ἐκδίδωμι
rented out
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ἐκδίδωμι
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
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ὀρύσσω
dug
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ὀρύσσω
to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig
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γεωργός
to farmers
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γεωργός
a land-worker, i.e. farmer
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πύργος
a tower
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πύργος
a tower or castle
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