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Jacob 3:103 - Jacob 3:113


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103 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;

104 Who is it that hath corrupted My vineyard?'

105 "And it came to pass that the Servant saith unto His Master: 'Is it not the loftiness of Thy vineyard?

106 Hath not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good?

107 And because that the branches have overcome the roots thereof - For behold, they grew faster than the strength of the roots thereof, taking strength unto themselves -

108 Behold I say, is not this the cause that the trees of Thy vineyard hath become corrupted?'

109 "And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard saith 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?'

110 "But behold, the Servant saith unto the Lord of the vineyard: 'Spare it a little longer.'

111 "And the Lord saith: 'Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth Me that I should lose the trees of My vineyard;

112 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;

113 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;

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