Mark - 12:8



8 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

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And laying hold on him, they killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
and having taken him, they did kill, and cast him forth without the vineyard.
"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.
And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.
And apprehending him, they killed him. And they cast him out of the vineyard.
So they seized him, and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard.

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And they took him, and killed him, and cast him, out of the vineyard. They sent their officers and servants, and apprehended him in the garden; they delivered him to the Gentiles, who were without the vineyard, and by whom, at their instigation, he was put to death, even to the death of the cross. The Ethiopic version reads it in the same order as in Matthew; "they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed hin"; See Gill on Matthew 21:39.

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