Bible verses about "vineyards" | Mace

³³ Hear another parable: a certain landlord planted a vineyard, hedged it round, set up a wine-press in it, and built a tower, then lett it out to tenants, and went into a foreign country. ³⁴ and when the fruit-season came on, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive the fruits of it. ³⁵ but they seiz'd his servants, beat some, killed one, and stoned another. ³⁶ then he sent a greater number of servants, than at first: who met with the same treatment. ³⁷ but last of all, he sent his son, saying, they will reverence my son. ³⁸ but when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, this is the heir, come, let us kill him, and then seize on his inheritance. ³⁹ so seizing upon him, they turn'd him out of the vineyard, and slew him. ⁴⁰ when the master therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? ⁴¹ they answered, he will give those wretches no quarter, and will let out his vineyard to such as shall duly account for the profits thereof.

⁶ He proposed likewise this parable: a certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came expecting it should have had fruit, but he found none. ⁷ then he said to the vine-dresser, you see, I have been looking these three years for fruit from this fig-tree, but find none: hew it down, why should it cumber my ground? ⁸ to which he made answer, sir, let it alone one year longer, till I shall dig about it, and dung it. ⁹ perhaps it may bear fruit: if not, you may after that hew it down.

¹ For the kingdom of the Messiah is like a family, the master whereof went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. ² having agreed with them for a penny a day, he sent them to his vineyard. ³ he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place, and said to them, ⁴ go ye likewise to my vineyard, and I will give you what is reasonable: accordingly they went thither. ⁵ about the sixth and ninth hour he went out again, and gave the like directions. ⁶ at last, about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, why do you stand idling thus all day long? ⁷ they answer'd him, because we are not hired; go work then. said he, in my vineyard, and I will give you what's reasonable. ⁸ so when even was come, the master of the vineyard said to his steward, call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first. ⁹ they then that were hired about the eleventh hour, came and received every man his penny. ¹⁰ last of all they came who were hired first, expecting to have received more, but they had only a penny a man, ¹¹ who upon the receipt of it fell a murmuring against the master, and cry'd, ¹² these last have work'd but an hour, and you put them upon the level with us, who have born the whole fatigue and heat of the day. ¹³ but he answered one of them, friend, I do thee no wrong: did not you agree for a penny a day? ¹⁴ take your due, and be gone: I will give the last the same I give you. ¹⁵ can't I do what I will with my own? because I am bountiful, are you invidious? ¹⁶ thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for though many are invited, few have precedence.