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Unit 25
Segment 14 of 18 [#165]
Second Decay [An Explanation - Roots versus Branches]
Jacob 5:47 - Jacob 5:48
Duration: 0:58
Jacob 5:47
But what could I have done more in my vineyard?
Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it?
Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it,
and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it;
and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long,
and the end draweth nigh.
And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard,
and cast them into the fire that they should be burned.
Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?
Jacob 5:48
And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:
Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard —
have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good?
And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof,
behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots,
taking strength unto themselves.
Behold, I say,
is not this the cause
that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?
The End of Unit 25 - Segment 14