THE GOSPEL OF MARK,Ch.12,v.1-12.

  This parable has features which resemble an allegory. If so, what do the following represent :-

the vineyard..Ps.80,v8-16; Isaiah,ch5,v.1-7.

the owner –Jeremiah,ch.2,v21.

the farmers/tenants,,Joel,ch.1,v.11.

the servants…Isaiah,ch.44,v.26; Isaiah,ch.63,v.17; Jeremiah,ch.7,v.25; Amos,ch.3,v.7.

His Son… Isaiah,ch.42,v.1-4; Hosea,ch.1,v.11.

The treatment received by the servants.. 1 Kings,ch.19,v.10; Matt.ch.23,v.34-36.

The plot against the life of the Son.. Mark,ch.12,v.12; John,ch.12,v.10

The death of the Son outside the vineyard..John,ch.19,v.17.

The judgement of the owner,..Luke,ch.21,v.20-24.

The vineyard taken over by others.. Romans, ch.1,v.13-21.

The rejected stone… Psalm,118,ch.22-23; Acts,ch.4,v.11; John ch.1,v11; John,ch.19,v.15.

    v.12.. What other reason did the leaders find to arrest Jesus ?…John,ch. 11, v.45-53.

THE GOSPEL OF MARK,Ch.,27ff.

v28..What would be our answer to the question raised by the leaders ?

v.30… Had these leaders already been given the testimony of John the Baptist that Jesus had divine authority ?-Matt.ch.3,v11-12; John,ch.1,v.26-27.

    Had the leaders accepted John as a true prophet or not ?-Luke,ch.7,v.30.

v.32…How did their  attitude to John compare with the people’s understanding of John and his work ?

v.33…Jesus did not answer the question posed by the leaders. Does  God give further guidance when an earlier message or instruction has been ignored or rejected ?

   Do our own questions sometimes reveal our real attitudes ?