Mark 12:2 meaning and explanation

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

Mark 12:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is telling a parable to the chief priests, scribes and elders in the temple courts, and verse 2 continues the story of the vineyard owner who rented his land to tenants. At harvest the owner sends a servant to collect his share of the fruit, which was the normal arrangement between an absent landowner and those who worked his land.

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