Mark 12:10 (DRB)

Passage

And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

Nearby Context

Mark 12:8 And laying hold on him, they killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.

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

Mark 12:10 And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:

Mark 12:11 By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Mark 12:12 And they sought to lay hands on him: but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "read", "scripture", "stone", "builders", "rejected", "same", "head", and "corner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "read" and "scripture", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "What therefore will the lord of the..." into verse 11's "By the Lord has this been done...", so "read" and "scripture" 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 "read" and "scripture" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.