Mark 12:2

2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:2 in Other Translations

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

2 At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop.

2 At the time for harvest, he sent a servant back to the farmhands to collect his profits.

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

2 "At the right time he sent a servant to the workers to collect from them a share of the grapes from the vineyard.

2 At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

2 "At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters. He told the servant to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:2 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:2

And at the season he sent unto the husbandman a servant,
&c.] The Evangelist Matthew says, "when the time of the fruit drew near", ( Matthew 21:34 ) ; and so the Persic version here reads. The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "in its own time", or "season", which was the fourth year from the planting of it; and then it was holy to the Lord; and might not be eaten until the fifth year, ( Leviticus 19:23-25 ) . According to the Jewish canons ^F12, a vineyard of the fourth year was marked with clods of earth, to show it was not to be eaten of; and the fruit of it was brought up to Jerusalem, from every place that was but a day's journey from thence, there to be eaten, or redeemed. Nor by the "servant" are intended the prophets of the Old Testament, who were sent to the Jews to call upon them to bring forth fruits of righteousness; for not a single person, but a set of men, are here designed; and the Evangelist Matthew expresses it in the plural number, "servants":

that he might receive from the husbandmen the fruit of the vineyard:
by the hands of his servants; for in Matthew it is, "that they might receive" such as righteousness and judgment, truth and holiness, so as to give an account of them, which might have been expected from a people under such advantages, ( Isaiah 5:7 ) ; (See Gill on Matthew 21:34).

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Misn. Maaser Sheni, c. 5. sect. 1, 2.

Mark 12:2 In-Context

1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.

5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.