Mark 12:9 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Mark 12:7 But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

Mark 12:8 They took him, 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 the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

Mark 12:10 Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

Mark 12:11 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?”Psalm 118:22-23

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "lord", "vineyard", "come", "destroy", "farmers", 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 "They took him killed him and cast..." into verse 10's "Haven t you even 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.