Bible verses about "vineyards" | JuliaSmith

² And he will dig it up, and he will free it from stones, and he will plant it with a vine of purple grapes, and build a tower in its midst, and he will also hew out a wine-vat in it: and he will wait for grapes to be made, and it will make wild grapes.

¹ I will sing now to my beloved a song of my love for his vineyard. There was a vineyard to my beloved in the horn of the son of oil: ² And he will dig it up, and he will free it from stones, and he will plant it with a vine of purple grapes, and build a tower in its midst, and he will also hew out a wine-vat in it: and he will wait for grapes to be made, and it will make wild grapes. ³ And now, ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge ye now, between me and between my vineyard ⁴ What to do more to my vineyard, and did I not in it? wherefore I waited for grapes to be made, and it will make wild grapes. ⁵ And now I will make known to you now what I do to my vineyard, taking away its hedge, and it was for consuming, breaking down its wall, and it was for a treading down. ⁶ And I will make it a desolation; it shall not be pruned and it shall not be dressed, and there came up sharp points and thorns: and upon the clouds I will command from raining rain upon it ⁷ For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his pleasures: and he will wait for judgment, and behold bloodshed; for justice, and behold a cry.

⁴ I magnified my work; I builded to me houses; I planted to me vineyards:

² In that day, A vineyard being red, sing to her.

³³ Hear another parable: A certain man was master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a winepress, and let it out to farmers, and went abroad: ³⁴ And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his parts. ³⁵ And the farmers having taken his servants, truly one they stripped, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise. ³⁷ And afterwards he sent to them his son, saying, They will be changed by my son. ³⁸ And the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance. ³⁹ And having taken, they cast out of the vineyard, and killed. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard should come, what will he do to those farmers? ⁴¹ They say to him, He will miserably destroy these wicked, and let out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.

⁶ And he spake this parable: A certain had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it, and found not. ⁷ And he said to the vine-dresser, Behold, three years I am come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find not: cut it off; wherefore also does it leave the earth unemployed? ⁸ And he having answered says to him, Lord, let it go also this year, till I shall dig round it, and cast dung: ⁹ Whereas also it might bear fruit: and if not, afterwards thou shalt cut it off.

¹ For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard. ² And having agreed for a drachma a day, he sent them to his vineyard. ³ And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market-place, ⁴ And he says to them, Retire ye also into the vineyard, and whatever should be just I will give you: and they departed. ⁵ Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶ And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why stand ye here idle the whole day? ⁷ They say to him, That none has hired us. He says to them, Retire also to the vineyard; and whatever be just, ye shall receive. ⁸ And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen, and give back to them the wages, beginning from the last even to the first. ⁹ And they of the eleventh hour having come, thereupon received a drachma. ¹⁰ And the first, having come, thought that they will receive more; and they also received thereupon a drachma. ¹¹ And having received, they murmured against the master of the house, ¹² Saying, That these last worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, having borne the burden and heat of the day. ¹³ And he, having answered, said to one of them, Friend, I injure thee not; didst not thou agree with me for a drachma? ¹⁴ Take thine and retire: and I will to give to this last, as also to thee. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my things? Or is thine eye evil because I am good ¹⁶ So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.