Mark 12:8 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 12:10 And this Writing did ye not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "taken", "kill", "cast", "forth", "without", and "vineyard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "taken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "and those husbandmen said among themselves--This is..." into verse 9's "What therefore shall the lord of the...", so "having" and "taken" 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 "having" and "taken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.