Mark 12:7 (GNV)

Passage

But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

Nearby Context

Mark 12:5 And againe he sent another, and him they slew, and many other, beating some, and killing some.

Mark 12:6 Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

Mark 12:7 But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "husbandmen", "said", "themselues", "heire", "come", "kill", "inheritance", and "shalbe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "husbandmen" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Yet had he one sonne his deare..." into verse 8's "So they tooke him and killed him...", so "husbandmen" and "said" 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 "husbandmen" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.