Mark 12:1 (GNV)

Passage

And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:1 And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, and digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

Mark 12:2 And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

Mark 12:3 But they tooke him, and beat him, and sent him away emptie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "began", "speake", "vnto", "parables", "certaine", "planted", "vineyard", and "copassed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "began" and "speake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And at the time he sent to...", so "began" and "speake" should be read forward into that movement. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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