Jacob 5:24 24 And it came to pass that the Lord
of the vineyard said again
unto his servant: Look hither, and behold another
branch also,
which I have planted; behold that I have nourished
it also, and
it hath brought forth fruit.
Jacob 5:25 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 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 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 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 5:29 29 And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.
Jacob 5:30 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 5:31 31 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number. And the Lord of the vineyard said: Behold, this long time have we nourished this tree, and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.
Jacob 5:32 32 But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and there is none of it which is good. And behold, there are all kinds of bad fruit; and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding all our labor; and now it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.
Jacob 5:33 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 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 5:35 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.


