Isa 5:5-6, Mat 3:10, 7:19, 12:33-35, 21:19, 33, 44, Mar 11:20-21, Joh 15:6 | ESV | STEP | And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard . I will remove its hedge , and it shall be devoured ; I will break down its wall , and it shall be trampled down .

m[See ver. 34 above]

n[Luke 13:6-9]

oFor ver. 33-46, see Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19

p ver. 28; Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1

q Isa. 5:2

r Song 8:11, 12

s ch. 25:14, 15; [Mark 13:34]

t Isa. 8:14, 15; Rom. 9:32, 33; 1 Pet. 2:8

u Dan. 2:34, 35, 44, 45

wFor ver. 20-24, see Matt. 21:19-22

xSee John 1:38

ySee ver. 2

z Matt. 13:40-42; [Ezek. 15:4]

Isaiah 5:5-6

5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^aits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^cI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^dbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^eI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.

Matthew 3:10

10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^fEvery tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 7:19

19 ^gEvery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 12:33-35

A Tree Is Known by Its Fruit

33 ^h“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, ⁱfor the tree is known by its fruit. 34 ^jYou brood of vipers! How can you speak good, ^kwhen you are evil? ^lFor out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 ^mThe good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Matthew 21:19

19 ⁿAnd seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

Matthew 21:33

The Parable of the Tenants

33 ^o“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted ^pa vineyard ^qand put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and ^rleased it to tenants, and ^swent into another country.

Matthew 21:44

44 And ^tthe one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ^uwhen it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit verse 44}

Mark 11:20-21

The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree

20 ^wAs they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him, ^x“Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”

John 15:6

6 If anyone does not abide in me ^yhe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^zand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.