Psalms 80:8-16

8 You brought ^aa vine out of Egypt;
you ^bdrove out the nations and planted it.
9You ^ccleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11It sent out its branches to ^dthe sea
and its shoots to ^ethe River. ▼

▼That is,  the Euphrates

12Why then have you ^gbroken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 ^hThe boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts!
ⁱLook down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15the stock that your right hand planted,
and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16They have ^jburned it with fire; they have ^kcut it down;
may they perish at ^lthe rebuke of your face!

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 ^ma vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ⁿchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^ohe 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 ^pWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
^qWhen 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 ^rits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ▼

▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

^tI 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 ^ubriers and thorns shall grow up;
^vI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 ^wFor 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

Jeremiah 2:21

21 ^zYet I planted you a choice vine,
wholly of pure seed.
^aaHow then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?

Luke 20:9-16

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ^abAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^aca vineyard and ^adlet it out to tenants and ^aewent into another country for a long while. 10When the time came, he sent a servant ▼

▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11

to the tenants, so that ^agthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^ahBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^aiAnd ^ajhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^aktreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^alAnd he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^ambeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^an‘This is the heir. ^aoLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15And they ^apthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^aqHe will ^arcome and destroy those tenants and ^asgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”

John 15:1-8

I Am the True Vine

1“I am the ^attrue vine, and my Father is ^authe vinedresser. 2 ^avEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^awhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^axthat it may bear more fruit. 3Already ^ayyou are clean ^azbecause of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 ^baAbide ^bbin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; ^bcyou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^bdbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me ^behe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^bfand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If ^bgyou abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^bhask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 ^biBy this my Father is glorified, that you ^bjbear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.