Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: {a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil}

{For the Son of man is} as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand {pieces} of silver.

For {the kingdom of heaven is} as a man travelling into a far country, {who} called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; {among them: or, for them}

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear {it}.

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Who are Israelites; to whom {pertaineth} the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service {of God}, and the promises; {covenants: or, testaments}

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and {with} our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit {is there} of circumcision?

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: {true...: Heb. laws of truth}

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them. {shewed...: Heb. made them to know}

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

But what think ye? A {certain} man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all {these} things are done in parables:

He spake also this parable; A certain {man} had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. {his word: Heb. his words}

And it shall come to pass in that day, {that} every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall {even} be for briers and thorns.

And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: {a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil}

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch {that} thou madest strong for thyself.

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand {pieces} of silver.

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. {pay: Heb. weigh}

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, {or than} a branch which is among the trees of the forest?