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Mark 12:6

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

KJV

ἔτι ἕνα εἶχεν, υἱὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων ὅτι ἐντραπήσονται τὸν υἱόν μου.

Greek NT

Adhuc ergo unum habens filium carissimum, et illum misit ad eos novissimum, dicens : Quia reverebuntur filium meum.

Vulgate

He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

ASV

Therefore, having yet one son, most dear to him, he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐντρέπω
entrepo
verb · 9×
ἔσχατος
eschatos
adjective · 53×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἕνα εἶχεν υἱὸν ἀγαπητόν ἀπέστειλεν , · | WH/Treg/NIV: ἕνα … ἀπέστειλεν | RP: οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν καὶ
  • ἕνα εἶχεν υἱὸν ἀγαπητόν ἀπέστειλεν , ·SBLGNT
  • ἕνα … ἀπέστειλενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὖν ἕνα υἱὸν ἔχων ἀγαπητὸν αὐτοῦ, ἀπέστειλεν καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺς | RP: πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατον
  • ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺςSBLGNT
  • ἔσχατον πρὸς αὐτοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔσχατονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
  • Heb 1:1 — God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
  • Heb 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
  • John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
  • John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Matt 21:37 — But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.