Jacob 5:60

1Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of

2Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a prophet

3For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of

4And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth, and

5And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and

6And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth

7And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it, and he

8And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of

9Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft them in,

10And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the vineyard

11And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged

12Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it, according

13And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard,

14And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way,

15And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the Lord of

16And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the

17And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and

18And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild

19And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the

20And it came to pass that they went forth whither the master had

21And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: How

22And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew

23And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his

24And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto

25And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the last.

26And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the

27But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig

28And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant

29And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord

30And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant

31And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the

32But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and there

33And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What shall we

34And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou didst

35And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his

36Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine own

37But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the

38And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his

39And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts

40And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree

41And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said

42Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were

43And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I did plant

44And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this

45And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit,

46And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken

47But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened

48And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Is it

49And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the

50But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare

51And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it

52Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have

53And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that, perhaps, I

54And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I

55And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree which had

56And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild, and

57And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the

58And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will

59And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength

60And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the

61Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently

62Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last time,

63Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be first,

64Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once

65And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which

66For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard;

67And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again into

68And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the natural

69And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the land of

70And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his

71And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in

72And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their

73And there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard; and

74And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the

75And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that

76For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my

77And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my