Unit 25

master

7 occurrences in 7 verses

Jacob 5:4, 7, 16, 20, 21, 34, 48

Jacob 5:4

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

and he saw that his olive tree began to decay; and he said:

I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it,

that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not.

Jacob 5:7

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

and he said unto his servant:

It grieveth me that I should lose this tree;

wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree,

and bring them hither unto me;

and we will pluck off those main branches

which are beginning to wither away,

and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.

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 5:20

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 5:34

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 5:48

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?