Mark 12:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMark 12:1 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἤρξατο
árchomai
G756
to lead
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ἐν
en
G1722
in
παραβολαῖς
parabolḗ
G3850
parable
λαλεῖν
laléō
G2980
to speak
ἀμπελῶνα
ampelṓn
G290
vineyard
ἄνθρωπος
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
ἐφύτευσεν
phyteúō
G5452
to plant
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
περιέθηκεν
peritíthēmi
G4060
to place around
φραγμὸν
phragmós
G5418
fence
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὤρυξεν
orýssō
G3736
to dig
ὑπολήνιον
hypolḗnion
G5276
wine pit
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ᾠκοδόμησεν
oikodoméō
G3618
to build
πύργον
pýrgos
G4444
tower
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐξέδετο
ekdídōmi
G1554
to give out
αὐτὸν
autós
G846
he
γεωργοῖς
geōrgós
G1092
farmer
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀπεδήμησεν
apodēméō
G589
to go abroad
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a pit for a winepress and built a watchtower and rented it out to farmers and went abroad.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).