Mark · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Mark 12 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Jesús comenzó a hablarles en parábolas: Un hombre plantó una viña, la cercó, cavó un lagar, construyó una torre, la arrendó a unos labradores y se fue lejos.
1 He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
2 A su tiempo, envió un siervo a los labradores para recibir de ellos parte del fruto de la viña.
2 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 Pero ellos lo tomaron, lo golpearon y lo enviaron con las manos vacías.
3 They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 De nuevo les envió otro siervo; a este lo hirieron en la cabeza, lo insultaron y lo enviaron avergonzado.
4 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
5 Envió otro, y a este lo mataron. También envió a muchos otros; a unos los golpearon, y a otros los mataron.
5 Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some.
6 Todavía tenía uno más: su hijo amado. Por último, se lo envió, diciendo: Respetarán a mi hijo.
6 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
7 Pero aquellos labradores dijeron entre sí: Este es el heredero. Vengan, matémoslo, y la herencia será nuestra.
7 But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
8 Entonces lo tomaron, lo mataron y lo echaron fuera de la viña.
8 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
9 ¿Qué hará el dueño de la viña? Vendrá, destruirá a los labradores y dará la viña a otros.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
10 ¿No han leído esta Escritura: La piedra que desecharon los constructores ha llegado a ser la piedra principal?
10 Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.
11 Esto fue hecho por el Señor, y es maravilloso a nuestros ojos.
11 This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?”
12 Ellos buscaban arrestarlo, porque entendieron que había dicho la parábola contra ellos; pero tuvieron miedo de la gente. Así que lo dejaron y se fueron.
12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him and went away.
13 Luego le enviaron algunos de los fariseos y de los herodianos, para atraparlo en sus palabras.
13 They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
14 Ellos vinieron y le dijeron: Maestro, sabemos que eres verdadero y que no buscas agradar a nadie, porque no miras la apariencia de las personas, sino que enseñas con verdad el camino de Dios. ¿Está permitido pagar impuesto a César, o no?
14 When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
15 ¿Debemos pagarlo, o no? Pero Jesús, conociendo su hipocresía, les dijo: ¿Por qué me ponen a prueba? Tráiganme un denario para que lo vea.
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”
16 Ellos se lo trajeron. Jesús les preguntó: ¿De quién es esta imagen y esta inscripción? Ellos le dijeron: De César.
16 They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
17 Entonces Jesús les dijo: Den a César lo que es de César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios. Y ellos quedaron maravillados de él.
17 Jesus answered them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.
18 Luego vinieron a él los saduceos, que dicen que no hay resurrección, y le preguntaron:
18 Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying,
19 Maestro, Moisés nos escribió que si el hermano de un hombre muere y deja esposa pero no deja hijos, su hermano debe casarse con la viuda y levantar descendencia para su hermano.
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’
20 Había siete hermanos. El primero se casó, y murió sin dejar hijos.
20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
21 El segundo se casó con ella, y también murió sin dejar hijos. Lo mismo pasó con el tercero.
21 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
22 Así los siete se casaron con ella y no dejaron hijos. Después de todos, murió también la mujer.
22 and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
23 En la resurrección, cuando resuciten, ¿de cuál de ellos será esposa? Porque los siete la tuvieron por esposa.
23 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”
24 Jesús les respondió: ¿No están equivocados porque no conocen las Escrituras ni el poder de Dios?
24 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God?
25 Porque cuando resuciten de entre los muertos, no se casarán ni se darán en casamiento, sino que serán como los ángeles que están en los cielos.
25 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
26 Y acerca de que los muertos resucitan, ¿no han leído en el libro de Moisés, en el pasaje de la zarza, cómo Dios le dijo: Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, el Dios de Isaac y el Dios de Jacob?
26 But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
27 Dios no es Dios de muertos, sino Dios de vivos. Ustedes están muy equivocados.
27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
28 Uno de los escribas se acercó. Había oído la discusión y vio que Jesús les había respondido bien. Entonces le preguntó: ¿Cuál es el primer mandamiento de todos?
28 One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
29 Jesús respondió: El primero es: Escucha, Israel: El Señor nuestro Dios, el Señor uno es.
29 Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, con toda tu mente y con todas tus fuerzas.
30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
31 El segundo es este: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. No hay otro mandamiento mayor que estos.
31 The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 El escriba le dijo: Bien, Maestro. Has dicho la verdad: Dios es uno, y no hay otro fuera de él.
32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he;
33 Y amarlo con todo el corazón, con todo el entendimiento, con toda el alma y con todas las fuerzas, y amar al prójimo como a uno mismo, es más que todos los holocaustos y sacrificios.
33 and to love him with all the heart, with all the understanding, all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Jesús, al ver que había respondido sabiamente, le dijo: No estás lejos del reino de Dios. Y después de esto nadie se atrevía a hacerle más preguntas.
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.
35 Mientras Jesús enseñaba en el templo, dijo: ¿Cómo dicen los escribas que el Cristo es hijo de David?
35 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David mismo dijo por el Espíritu Santo: El Señor dijo a mi Señor: Siéntate a mi derecha, hasta que ponga a tus enemigos debajo de tus pies.
36 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’
37 David mismo lo llama Señor. Entonces, ¿cómo es su hijo? Y la gran multitud lo escuchaba con gusto.
37 Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.
38 En su enseñanza, Jesús les decía: Cuídense de los escribas, a quienes les gusta andar con ropas largas, recibir saludos respetuosos en las plazas,
38 In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
39 tener los mejores asientos en las sinagogas y los primeros lugares en los banquetes.
39 and to get the best seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts,
40 Ellos devoran las casas de las viudas, y para aparentar hacen largas oraciones. Estos recibirán mayor condenación.
40 those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
41 Jesús se sentó frente al arca de las ofrendas y miraba cómo la gente echaba dinero en ella. Muchos ricos echaban mucho.
41 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
42 Entonces vino una viuda pobre y echó dos moneditas, que valían muy poco.
42 A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
43 Jesús llamó a sus discípulos y les dijo: De cierto les digo que esta viuda pobre echó más que todos los que han echado en el arca.
43 He called his disciples to himself and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,
44 Porque todos echaron de lo que les sobraba; pero ella, de su pobreza, echó todo lo que tenía, todo su sustento.
44 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
Cross references (39)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 5:1–4; Mark 13:34; Song of Songs 8:11–12; Mark 4:2; Psalm 80:8–16
- 2 John 15:1–8; Hebrews 1:1; Micah 7:1; Jeremiah 25:4–5; Jeremiah 44:4
- 3 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 26:20–24; Hebrews 11:36–37; Nehemiah 9:26; 1 Thessalonians 2:15
- 5 Matthew 5:12; Mark 9:13; Luke 6:22–23; Jeremiah 7:25–28; Matthew 22:6
- 6 Hebrews 1:1–2; Matthew 3:17; John 1:34; Psalm 2:12; 1 John 5:11–12
- 7 John 11:47–50; Acts 5:28; Matthew 2:3–13; Isaiah 49:7; Psalm 2:2–3
- 8 Luke 20:15; Matthew 21:39; Matthew 21:33; Hebrews 13:11–13
- 9 Romans 10:20–11:12; Matthew 21:43; Luke 19:27; Romans 9:30–33; Jeremiah 17:3
- 10 Psalm 118:22–23; Luke 20:17–18; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Isaiah 28:16; Acts 4:11–12
- 11 Psalm 118:23; Habakkuk 1:5; Acts 2:32–36; Acts 3:12–16; Ephesians 3:8–11
- 12 Mark 11:18; Mark 11:32; John 7:30; John 7:25; John 7:44
- 13 Luke 20:20–26; Mark 3:6; Luke 11:54; Mark 8:15; Psalm 38:12
- 14 Galatians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 5:11; 2 Corinthians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 5:16
- 15 Revelation 2:23; Ezekiel 17:2; Matthew 22:18; Acts 5:9; Hebrews 4:13
- 16 Luke 20:24–26; Matthew 22:19–22; Revelation 3:12; 2 Timothy 2:19
- 17 Romans 13:7; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; 1 Corinthians 14:24–25; 1 Peter 2:17; Acts 4:19–20
- 18 Matthew 22:23–33; Acts 4:1–2; 2 Timothy 2:18; Acts 23:6–9; Luke 20:27–40
- 19 Deuteronomy 25:5–10; Ruth 1:11–13; Genesis 38:8; Ruth 4:5
- 20 Matthew 22:25–28; Luke 20:29–33
- 24 2 Timothy 3:15–17; John 20:9; Matthew 22:29; Ephesians 1:19; Isaiah 25:8
- 25 Luke 20:35–36; Matthew 22:30; 1 John 3:2; Hebrews 12:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:42–54
- 26 Exodus 3:2–6; Luke 20:37; Genesis 17:7–8; Genesis 33:20; Exodus 3:16
- 27 Romans 14:9; Mark 12:24; Romans 4:17; Hebrews 11:13–16; Hebrews 3:10
- 28 Matthew 22:34–40; Luke 10:25–28; Luke 20:39; Matthew 19:18; Matthew 5:19
- 29 Luke 10:27; Deuteronomy 6:4; Galatians 3:20; Romans 3:30; Jude 25
- 30 Deuteronomy 6:5
- 31 Romans 13:8–9; Matthew 22:39; Leviticus 19:18; Luke 10:27; 1 Corinthians 13:4–8
- 32 Deuteronomy 4:39; Isaiah 46:9; Deuteronomy 4:35; Isaiah 45:5–6; Isaiah 45:18
- 33 Micah 6:6–8; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; 1 Samuel 15:22; Matthew 12:7
- 34 Colossians 4:6; Luke 20:40; Matthew 22:46; Titus 1:9–11; Matthew 12:20
- 35 Luke 20:41–44; Matthew 22:41–45; Matthew 26:55; Luke 19:47; Matthew 9:27
- 36 Psalm 110:1; Matthew 22:43–45; Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 10:12–13; 1 Corinthians 15:25
- 37 Romans 1:3–4; Luke 21:38; Matthew 11:25; Romans 9:5; James 2:5
- 38 Luke 20:45–47; Matthew 23:1–7; Luke 11:43; Matthew 6:5; Mark 4:2
- 39 James 2:2–3
- 40 Luke 20:47; Matthew 23:33; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 6:7; Ezekiel 22:25
- 41 Luke 21:1–4; 2 Kings 12:9; John 8:20; Matthew 27:6
- 43 2 Corinthians 9:6–8; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Acts 11:29; 2 Corinthians 8:12; Matthew 10:42
- 44 2 Corinthians 8:2–3; 1 John 3:17; Luke 21:2–4; Ezra 2:68–69; Mark 14:8
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