Mark 12:4 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 12:5 And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.

Mark 12:6 Therefore, having yet one son, most dear to him, he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wounded", "again", "sent", "another", "servant", "head", "used", and "reproachfully". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wounded" and "again", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Who having laid hands on him beat..." into verse 5's "And again he sent another and him...", so "wounded" and "again" 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 "wounded" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.