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Mk 12:11b ... "and it is wonderful in our eyes."

The 2nd phrase has these 6 dialog words, ... kai estin thaumastē en ofthalmois ēmōn ["and it is wonderful in (the) eyes of us."].

Diagram 1: The 6 dialog words are top down, tangent from the hands of Jesus to the center of the word "ēmōn" (of us) the center point of 9 triangles holding Jesus, 6 words, 6 officials, and a circle of eyes. The words "it is wonderful in our eyes" comes from the 4th line of Psalm 118: 22-23. The last two words "the eyes of us" (our eyes) assume that Jesus and the six Temple officials see eye to eye. This is highly unlikely since Jesus is telling the parable and the Temple officials are trying to entrap Jesus.

Diagram 2: The 6 dialog words are top down, tangent to the same items except two. The last two words "the eyes of us" (our eyes) assume that Jesus and the ones to whom the vineyard was given in Mk 12:9c are the ones who think everything "is wonderful in our eyes." This phrase assumes the vineyard was not given to other Jewish landworkers but instead to Gentiles. This parable seems to be prophetic. Going about 1900 years into the future, some of the vineyard was returned in 1948. There are still three more triangles to fill.

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