Mark 12:7 (YLT)

Passage

and those husbandmen said among themselves--This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

Nearby Context

Mark 12:5 `And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.

Mark 12:6 `Having yet therefore one son--his beloved--he sent also him unto them last, saying--They will reverence my son;

Mark 12:7 and those husbandmen said among themselves--This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

Mark 12:8 and having taken him, they did kill, and cast <FI>him<Fi> forth without the vineyard.

Mark 12:9 `What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "husbandmen", "said", "themselves--this", "heir", "come", "kill", "ours", and "shall". 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 "Having yet therefore one son--his beloved--he sent..." into verse 8's "and having taken him they did kill...", 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.