Mark 1:15

1:15 He ¹  said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God ²  is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

Mark 2:20

2:20 But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, ³  and at that time ⁴  they will fast.

Mark 12:2

12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave ⁵  to the tenants to collect from them ⁶  his portion of the crop. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² sn The kingdom of God is a reference to the sovereign activity of God as he rules over his creation and brings his plans to realization.

³ sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 8:27ff. (cf. 8:31; 9:31; 10:33).

⁴ tn Grk “then on that day.”

⁵ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

sn This slave (along with the others) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

⁶ tn Grk “from the tenants,” but this is redundant in English, so the pronoun (“them”) was used in the translation.

⁷ tn Grk “from the fruits of the vineyard.”