But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
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… time, he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. He sent another servant, but that one also was beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. He sent a third servant, and they wounded him and threw him out. Then the owner of the vineyard said, what shall I do? I will send my son whom I love. Pause there. Why is Jesus saying whom I love? Because in the gospels, every time the father speaks of the son, he says, this is my son whom I love. So he's putting it in again. This is a story about himself, whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him. But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. This is the heir. Let's kill him. And the inheritance will be ours. So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? …
I want to go to the gospel of St. Mark 12 verse 1 through 12 where we left off Sunday. The gospel of St. Mark chapter 12 verse 1 through 12. And if once you have it, would you stand? If you can put it on my monitor to make it easy for me. Thank you so much. Thank you, Jesus. Let me preface this by saying they were always trying to set Jesus up. Always trying to set Jesus up. I'm so glad for the Bible because the Bible lets you know what's normal. There's nothing new up under the sun. And right before this, they were trying to set him up. And so Jesus said, they asked Jesus a question. Jesus asked them a question. He answered the question with a question. And he said, now, if it's the baptism of John of God or not. And they were in a dilemma because they reasoned in themselves. If we say it's not of God, the people are going to judge us. …
What I'm going to give you today is in the book of Mark, the Gospel of St. Mark, chapter 12, verse 1 through 12. It is extensive. It is fairly, fairly unfamiliar, not often preached about, but it is something that the Holy Spirit gave to me today to share with you that you might hear what the Spirit says to the church. You're looking good this morning. Thank you. Thank you. I'm feeling good. That's the good part. I hope I look good, but I'm happy I'm feeling good. Hallelujah. I'm feeling good down to my toes. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling blessed. I'm feeling like God is with me. I'm feeling like somebody praying for me. Yeah, yeah, that's good, that's good. In the Gospel of St. Mark, chapter 12, verse 1, he records a parable that was written, that was given by Christ in response to an adverse crowd who was trying to trip him up. You must understand that most of Jesus' ministry was not done amongst his fans, his friends, or his congregants. …