Discovery BoxMark 2:8 
Context2:8 Now 1 immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, 2 he said to them, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? 3
Mark 12:12
Context12:12 Now 4 they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So 5 they left him and went away. 6
1 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the shift from the thoughts of the experts in the law to Jesus’ response.
2 tn Grk “they were thus reasoning within themselves.”
3 tn Grk “Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts?”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to introduce a somewhat parenthetical remark by the author.
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
6 sn The point of the parable in Mark 12:1-12 is that the leaders of the nation have been rejected by God and the vineyard (v. 9, referring to the nation and its privileged status) will be taken from them and given to others (an allusion to the Gentiles).
