Mark 12:7
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.
KJV
ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ γεωργοὶ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἡμῶν ἔσται ἡ κληρονομία.
Greek NT
Coloni autem dixerunt ad invicem : Hic est hæres : venite, occidamus eum : et nostra erit hæreditas.
Vulgate
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
ASV
But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir. Come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν — SBLGNT
- πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἶπαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἶπον πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς — Robinson-Pierpont
Parable
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 37:18 — And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- Matt 21:38 — But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.