Mark 12:1 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
World English Bible (WEB)
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;
| And | Καὶ | kai | kay |
| he began | ἤρξατο | ērxato | ARE-ksa-toh |
| to speak | αὐτοῖς | autois | af-TOOS |
| them unto | ἐν | en | ane |
| by | παραβολαῖς | parabolais | pa-ra-voh-LASE |
| parables. | λέγεῖν, | legein | LAY-GEEN |
| man certain A | Ἀμπελῶνα | ampelōna | am-pay-LOH-na |
| planted | ἐφύτευσεν | ephyteusen | ay-FYOO-tayf-sane |
| a vineyard, | ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | AN-throh-pose |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| set | περιέθηκεν | periethēken | pay-ree-A-thay-kane |
| an hedge about | φραγμὸν | phragmon | frahg-MONE |
| it, and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| digged | ὤρυξεν | ōryxen | OH-ryoo-ksane |
| a place for the winefat, | ὑπολήνιον | hypolēnion | yoo-poh-LAY-nee-one |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| built | ᾠκοδόμησεν | ōkodomēsen | oh-koh-THOH-may-sane |
| a tower, | πύργον | pyrgon | PYOOR-gone |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| out let | ἐξέδοτο | exedoto | ayks-A-thoh-toh |
| it | αὐτὸν | auton | af-TONE |
| to husbandmen, | γεωργοῖς | geōrgois | gay-ore-GOOS |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| far a into went country. | ἀπεδήμησεν | apedēmēsen | ah-pay-THAY-may-sane |