Mark 12:2 (DRB)

Passage

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:1 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.

Mark 12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant to receive of the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:3 Who, having laid hands on him, beat and sent him away empty.

Mark 12:4 And again he sent to them another servant: and him they wounded in the head and used him reproachfully.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "season", "sent", "husbandmen", "servant", "receive", "fruit", and "vineyard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "season" and "sent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And he began to speak to them..." into verse 3's "Who having laid hands on him beat...", so "season" and "sent" 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 "season" and "sent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.