Jeremiah 2:21
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21 Yet I planted you as a choice vine
from the purest stock.
How then did you turn degenerate
and become a wild vine?(A)
Isaiah 5:4
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4 What more was there to do for my vineyard
that I have not done in it?
When I expected it to yield grapes,
why did it yield rotten grapes?(A)
Exodus 15:17
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17 You brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession,
the place, O Lord, that you made your abode,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.(A)
Psalm 80:8
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8 You brought a vine out of Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.(A)
John 15:1
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Psalm 44:2
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2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;(A)
Luke 20:9
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
9 He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants and went away for a long time.(A)
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Matthew 21:33
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away.(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:32
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32 Their vine comes from the vinestock of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of poison;
their clusters are bitter;
Deuteronomy 4:37
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37 And because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them. He brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,(A)
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Mark 12:1
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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
12 Then he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went away.(A)
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Genesis 26:3-5
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3 Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.(A) 4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth shall gain blessing for themselves through your offspring,(B) 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
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Isaiah 61:3
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3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(A)
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