Mark 12:1-12 And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat… I. He did by His special providence protect and defend the Jewish Church, against all enemies and dangers both bodily and spiritual, which might annoy them and so hinder their fruitfulness. II. He afforded them all necessary helps and means to further them in grace, and to make them spiritually fruitful. 1. The Ministry of the Word and Sacraments, together with the whole true worship of God prescribed in the moral and ceremonial Law. 2. Godly discipline. 3. Afflictions and chastisements. 4. Mercies and deliverances. 5. Miracles. (G. Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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