Mark 12:9 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Mark 12:7 But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir. Come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "lord", "vineyard", "come", "destroy", "husbandmen", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And laying hold on him they killed..." into verse 10's "And have you not read this scripture...", so "therefore" and "lord" 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 "therefore" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.