{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar012_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar012_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_mar012_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/mar012.htm","summary":"This is a passage from the Gospel of Mark (chapter 12) presented in a parallel-text format: the original Greek New Testament (GNT) alongside an interlinear King James Version (KJV) English translation with Strong's concordance numbers. It covers a dense sequence of confrontations and teachings during Jesus's final days in Jerusalem. The section opens with the Parable of the Wicked Tenants \u2014 a vineyard allegory widely read as an indictment of Israel's religious leaders \u2014 followed by several adversarial exchanges: Pharisees and Herodians trap-question Jesus on paying taxes to Caesar (prompting the famous \"render unto Caesar\" response), and Sadducees challenge him on the resurrection using a levirate marriage puzzle, which Jesus rebuts by arguing God is \"not the God of the dead, but of the living.\" The passage then shifts to more collaborative exchanges: a scribe asks about the greatest commandment, eliciting Jesus's dual love command (love God wholly, love neighbor as self), and Jesus himself poses a riddle about whether the Messiah can be both David's son and David's lord. It closes with a sharp contrast between the condemned ostentation of scribes and the praised sacrificial giving of a poor widow who donates her last two coins. The interlinear format makes this primarily a resource for those studying New Testament Greek alongside the KJV, rather than a standalone theological or literary work.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Mark: Mark 12","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2756}