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Mark 12 — Sermon Preparation
The wicked tenants parable, controversies over taxes and resurrection, the greatest commandment, and a widow's sacrificial offering. Below is a research summary for Mark 12, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Mark 12 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὅλος | hólos | G3650 | 8 | all, altogether, every whit, throughout |
| βάλλω | bállō | G906 | 7 | arise, cast, dung, lay |
| γεωργός | geōrgós | G1092 | 5 | husbandman |
| ἀμπελών | ampelṓn | G290 | 5 | vineyard |
| λαμβάνω | lambánō | G2983 | 7 | accept, be amazed, assay, attain |
| ἀποστέλλω | apostéllō | G649 | 6 | put in, send, set |
| ἄλλος | állos | G243 | 6 | more, one, other |
How preachers through history handled this text
46 public-domain excerpts on Mark 12, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Christ showed in parables, that he would lay aside the Jewish church. It is sad to think what base usage God's faithful ministers have met with in all ages, from those who have enjoyed the privileges of the church, but have not brought forth fruit answerable. God at length sent his Son, his Well-beloved; and it might be expected that he whom their Master loved, they also should respect and love; but instead of honouring him because he was the Son and Heir, they therefore hated him. But the exaltation of Christ was the Lord's doing; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 12:1–12 (Public Domain)
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