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.
KJV
καὶ ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν ὄχλον· ἔγνωσαν γὰρ ὅτι πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὴν παραβολὴν εἶπεν. καὶ ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ἀπῆλθον.
Greek NT
Et quærebant eum tenere : et timuerunt turbam : cognoverunt enim quoniam ad eos parabolam hanc dixerit. Et relicto eo abierunt.
Vulgate
And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
ASV
And they sought to lay hands on him: but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 12:6 — For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee
- John 7:25 — Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
- John 7:30 — Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
- John 7:44 — And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
- Mark 11:18 — And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
- Mark 11:18 — And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
- Mark 11:32 — But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
- Mark 11:32 — But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
- Matt 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matt 22:22 — When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
- Matt 22:22 — When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
- Num 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.