Mark 11:1

Mark 11:1. And he began to speak unto them in parables. A series of parables was spoken. Matthew records three; Mark and Luke preserve the principal one only. Comp. the emphatic language of Luke (Luke 20:9): ‘this parable;' and the words: ‘Hear another parable'(Matthew 21:33). All three accounts show that the parable was spoken in the presence of the people, but directly to the parties who had assailed Him (‘to them'), and ‘against them' (Mark 11:12).

A pit for the wine-press. A verbal variation from Matthew's account. See on Matthew 21:33.