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Mark 12:9

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

KJV

τί ποιήσει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος; ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀπολέσει τοὺς γεωργούς, καὶ δώσει τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἄλλοις.

Greek NT

Quid ergo faciet dominus vineæ ? Veniet, et perdet colonos, et dabit vineam aliis.

Vulgate

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

ASV

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γεωργός
georgos
noun · 19×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀμπελών
ampelon
noun · 23×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: τί | WH: τί | Treg/NIV/RP: + οὖν
  • τίSBLGNT
  • τίWestcott-Hort
  • + οὖνTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
  • Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
  • Matt 21:40 — When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
  • Matt 21:43 — Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
  • Rev 2:5 — Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
  • Rom 9:30 — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
  • Rom 10:20 — But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.