Bible verses about "vineyards" | YLT

² And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

⁴ I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

¹ Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, ² And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones! ³ And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. ⁴ What—to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones! ⁵ And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place. ⁶ And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain. ⁷ Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

² In that day, `A desirable vineyard,' respond ye to her,

³³ `Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. <sup>34</sup> `And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it, ³⁵ and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ `Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner. <sup>37</sup> `And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son; ³⁸ and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance; ³⁹ and having taken him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him; ⁴⁰ whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?' ⁴¹ They say to him, `Evil men—he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

⁶ And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; <sup>7</sup> and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless? <sup>8</sup> `And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung; ⁹ and if indeed it may bear fruit—;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

¹ `For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, <sup>2</sup> and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. <sup>3</sup> `And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle, ⁴ and to these he said, Go ye—also ye—to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you; ⁵ and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. <sup>6</sup> And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle? <sup>7</sup> they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye—ye also—to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive. <sup>8</sup> `And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last—unto the first. ⁹ And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary. ¹⁰ `And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary, <sup>11</sup> and having received it, they were murmuring against the householder, saying, <sup>12</sup> that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day—and the heat. <sup>13</sup> `And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me? ¹⁴ take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee; ¹⁵ is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'