Unit 25

the servant

21 occurrences in 19 verses

Jacob 5:10, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 41, 48, 49, 50, 57, 70

Jacob 5:10

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

did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard,

and grafted in the branches of the wild olive tree.

Jacob 5:16

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

went down into the vineyard to labor.

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

Behold, look here; behold the tree.

Jacob 5:18

And he said unto the servant:

Behold, the branches of the wild tree

have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof,

that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength;

and because of the much strength of the root thereof

the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit.

Now, if we had not grafted in these branches,

the tree thereof would have perished.

And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit,

which the tree thereof hath brought forth;

and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:19

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

Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard,

and behold if the natural branches of the tree

have not brought forth much fruit also,

that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

Jacob 5:20

And it came to pass that they went forth

whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree,

and he said unto the servant:

Behold these;

and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit;

and he beheld also that it was good.

And he said unto the servant:

Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self;

for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,

and it hath brought forth much fruit.

Jacob 5:21

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

How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?

For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.

Jacob 5:25

And he said unto the servant:

Look hither and behold the last.

Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground;

and I have nourished it this long time,

and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit,

and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit;

behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

Jacob 5:26

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

Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit,

and cast them into the fire.

Jacob 5:27

But behold, the servant said unto him:

Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer,

that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee,

that thou canst lay it up against the season.

Jacob 5:28

And it came to pass that

the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard

did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard.

Jacob 5:30

And it came to pass that

the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard;

and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off,

and the wild branches had been grafted in;

and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.

Jacob 5:33

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:

What shall we do unto the tree,

that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?

Jacob 5:34

And the servant said unto his master:

Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree

they have nourished the roots,

that they are alive and they have not perished;

wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.

Jacob 5:41

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

and said unto the servant:

What could I have done more for 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?

Jacob 5:49

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

Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire,

that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard,

for I have done all.

What could I have done more for my vineyard?

Jacob 5:50

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

Spare it a little longer.

Jacob 5:57

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:

Pluck not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter;

and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

Jacob 5:70

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

and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him,

and brought other servants; and they were few.