Unit 25

the tree

24 occurrences in 18 verses

Jacob 5:12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 30, 33, 35, 40, 52, 53, 54, 68

Jacob 5:12

Wherefore, go thy way;

watch the tree, and nourish it, according to my words.

Jacob 5:13

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

whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee;

and I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree;

and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself;

for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.

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 5:17

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

and beheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted;

and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit.

And he beheld that it was good;

and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.

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 5:23

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

Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also;

and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first.

But, behold the tree.

I have nourished it this long time,

and it hath brought forth much fruit;

therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

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 5:30

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 5:35

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

the tree profiteth me nothing,

and the roots thereof profit me nothing

so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

Jacob 5:40

And the wild fruit of the last had overcome

that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit,

even that the branch had withered away and died.

Jacob 5:52

Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these

which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard,

and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came;

and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter,

and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.

Jacob 5:53

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

that, perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.

Jacob 5:54

And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree

which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive;

wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose,

I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them.

Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree,

that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self,

that when they shall be sufficiently strong

perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me,

and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

Jacob 5:68

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

and thus will I bring them together again,

that they shall bring forth the natural fruit,

and they shall be one.