Mark 12:10 (GNV)

Passage

Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:8 So they tooke him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

Mark 12:9 What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:10 Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.

Mark 12:11 This was done of the Lord, and it is marueilous in our eyes.

Mark 12:12 Then they went about to take him, but they feared the people: for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them: therefore they left him, and went their way.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "What shall then the Lord of the..." into verse 11's "This was done of the Lord and...", so "haue" and "read" 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 "haue" and "read" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.