Mark 12:7 (DBY)

Passage

But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:5 And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

Mark 12:6 Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Mark 12:7 But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

Mark 12:8 And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

Mark 12:9 What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "husbandmen", "said", "another", "heir", "come", "kill", "inheritance", and "ours". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "husbandmen" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Having yet therefore one beloved son he..." into verse 8's "And they took him and killed him...", so "husbandmen" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "husbandmen" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.