King James Version

Mark 12:1

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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to speak” (λαλεῖν·) before vineyard here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to say” (λέγειν) before vineyard here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἤρξατοērxatohe beganἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he began”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.he beganαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byπαραβολαῖςparabolaisparablesπαραβολή (parabolē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “parables”, the to- or for-formG3850(a) a comparison, (b) a parable, often of those uttered by our Lord, (c) a proverb, an adage.parablesλαλεῖνlaleinto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.Ἀμπελῶναampelōnaa vineyardἀμπελών (ampelōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a vineyard”, the object formG290a vineyard.a vineyardἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.ἐφύτευσενephuteusento plantφυτεύω (phuteuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to plant”, a single actionG5452I plant, set.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπεριέθηκενperiethēkensetπεριτίθημι (peritithēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “set”, a single actionG4060I place or put around, clothe; fig: I bestow, confer.setφραγμὸνphragmonan hedge aboutφραγμός (phragmos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “an hedge about”, the object formG5418a hedge, fence, partition.an hedge aboutκαὶkaiit, andκαίconjunction — “it, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.it, andὤρυξενōruxendiggedὀρύσσω (orussō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “digged”, a single actionG3736I dig, dig out, excavate.diggedὑπολήνιονhupolēniona place for the winefatὑπολήνιονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a place for the winefat”, the object formG5276a wine-vat, pit under the wine-press dug in the ground.a place for the winefatκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenbuiltοἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “built”, a single actionG3618I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.builtπύργονpurgona towerπύργος (purgos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a tower”, the object formG4444a tower, fortified structure.This verse uses “a tower”.a towerκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξέδετοexedetoletἐκδίδωμι (ekdidōmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “let”, a single actionG1554I give out, let; middle: I let out for my own advantage.This verse uses “let”.letαὐτὸνautonitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itγεωργοῖςgeōrgoisto husbandmenγεωργός (geōrgos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “to husbandmen”, the to- or for-formG1092a worker of the soil, husbandman, farmer, farm-laborer, vine-dresser.to husbandmenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπεδήμησενapedēmēsenwent into a far countryἀποδημέω (apodēmeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went into a far country”, a single actionG589I am away from home, go into another country, am away, am abroad.went into a far country

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

λέγεινlegeinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

World English Bible

He began to speak to them in parables. “ A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it , dug a pit for the wine press , built a tower , rented it out to a farmer , and went into another country.

Darby Translation

And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

Douay-Rheims

And he began to speak to them in parables: A certain man planted a vineyard and made a hedge about it, and dug a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it to husbandmen; and went into a far country.

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