
Summary
Mark 11:27-12:12
They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elderscametohim.28“Bywhatauthorityareyoudoingthese things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?”29Jesusreplied,“Iwillaskyouonequestion.Answerme..30John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!”…Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard…Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed….“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all,saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 “But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance willbeours.’…12Thenthechiefpriests,theteachersofthelawand the elders looked for a way to arrest him…