Mark 12:1-17

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by: Debbie Galyen

07/14/2025

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“Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours” (v7). Jesus responded to questions about his authority (chp 11) by telling a provocative parable. To reject the vineyard owner’s son (v6) invites judgement. The owner “will come and destroy” them (v9). Rather than heed the warning, they tried to trap Jesus with a question about taxes (v14). He answered perceptively, telling them to “render to Caeser” what is his and to “God the things that are God’s” (17). This silenced them.

Jesus cuts through religious posturing and debate and reminds us that all humans are created in the divine “likeness” and therefore belong to God (v16, Genesis 1). Giving our full selves to the Father through the Son is the only thing that matters.

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“Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours” (v7). Jesus responded to questions about his authority (chp 11) by telling a provocative parable. To reject the vineyard owner’s son (v6) invites judgement. The owner “will come and destroy” them (v9). Rather than heed the warning, they tried to trap Jesus with a question about taxes (v14). He answered perceptively, telling them to “render to Caeser” what is his and to “God the things that are God’s” (17). This silenced them.

Jesus cuts through religious posturing and debate and reminds us that all humans are created in the divine “likeness” and therefore belong to God (v16, Genesis 1). Giving our full selves to the Father through the Son is the only thing that matters.

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