He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.
Parallel translations
- WEB Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.
- KJV And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- NKJV And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
- NASB And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
- NLT The next servant he sent was killed. Others he sent were either beaten or killed,
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Quick answer
The owner sends still more servants, some beaten and some killed.
Overview
The mounting violence, now including murder, recalls how prophets like Zechariah and others were slain (2 Chronicles 24:21; Matthew 23:37). God's repeated sending shows extraordinary patience, while the tenants' growing brutality shows hardened sin. The stage is set for the climactic sending of the son.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Mark 9:13But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
- Matt 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Matt 21:35–36But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Matt 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Jer 7:25–28From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
- Neh 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- Matt 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
- Luke 6:36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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