21 Yet I had (A)planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into (B)the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

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21 I had planted(A) you like a choice vine(B)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,(C) wild vine?

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What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in (A)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?

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What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?(A)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?(B)

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17 You will bring them in and (A)plant them
In the (B)mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The (C)sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.

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17 You will bring(A) them in and plant(B) them
    on the mountain(C) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,(D)
    the sanctuary,(E) Lord, your hands established.

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You have brought (A)a vine out of Egypt;
(B)You have cast out the [a]nations, and planted it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:8 Gentiles

You transplanted a vine(A) from Egypt;
    you drove out(B) the nations and planted(C) it.

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The True Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

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The Vine and the Branches

15 “I am(A) the true vine,(B) and my Father is the gardener.

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(A)You drove out the [a]nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

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  1. Psalm 44:2 Gentiles, heathen

With your hand you drove out(A) the nations
    and planted(B) our ancestors;
you crushed(C) the peoples
    and made our ancestors flourish.(D)

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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(A)

Then He began to tell the people this parable: (B)“A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to [a]vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.

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  1. Luke 20:9 tenant farmers

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard,(B) rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.(C)

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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(A)

33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner (B)who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and (C)went into a far country.

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The Parable of the Tenants(A)

33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted(B) a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower.(C) Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.(D)

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32 For (A)their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.

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32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(A)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(B)
    and their clusters with bitterness.(C)

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37 And because (A)He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their [a]descendants after them; and (B)He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,

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  1. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed

37 Because he loved(A) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(B)

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The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers(A)

12 Then (B)He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to [a]vinedressers and went into a far country.

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  1. Mark 12:1 tenant farmers

The Parable of the Tenants(A)

12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard.(B) He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

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(A)Dwell in this land, and (B)I will be with you and (C)bless you; for to you and your descendants (D)I give all these lands, and I will perform (E)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And (F)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (G)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; (H)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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Stay in this land for a while,(A) and I will be with you(B) and will bless you.(C) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(D) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(E) I will make your descendants(F) as numerous as the stars in the sky(G) and will give them all these lands,(H) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](I) because Abraham obeyed me(J) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(K) and my instructions.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

To [a]console those who mourn in Zion,
(A)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(B)The planting of the Lord, (C)that He may be glorified.”

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  1. Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint

    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(A) of beauty
    instead of ashes,(B)
the oil(C) of joy
    instead of mourning,(D)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting(E) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.(F)

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