Ecclesiastes 2:4

4I made great works. I abuilt houses and planted bvineyards for myself.

Song of Solomon 7:12

12let us go out early to the vineyards
cand see whether the vines have budded,
whether dthe grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.

Isaiah 5:1-7

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

1 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ea vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with fchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ghe looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 hWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
iWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove jits hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

lI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and mbriers and thorns shall grow up;
nI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 oFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;
The Hebrew words for  justice and  bloodshed sound alike

for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry!
The Hebrew words for  righteous and  outcry sound alike

Matthew 21:33-43

The Parable of the Tenants

33 rHear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted sa vineyard tand put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and uleased it to tenants, and vwent into another country. 34When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants
Greek bondservants; also verses 35, 36
to the tenants xto get his fruit.
35 yAnd the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and zstoned another. 36 aaAgain he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, abThis is the heir. Come, aclet us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39And they took him and adthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 aeWhen therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41They said to him, af“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and aglet out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

42Jesus said to them, ah“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

ai“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
Greek  the head of the corner

this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God akwill be taken away from you and given to a people alproducing its fruits.

Mark 12:1

The Parable of the Tenants

1 amAnd he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted ana vineyard aoand put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and apleased it to tenants and aqwent into another country.
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