Psalm 80:8-16, Isaiah 5:1-7, Jeremiah 2:21, Luke 20:9-16, John 15:1-8 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Psalm 80:8-16

You removed a ^avine from Egypt;

You ^bdrove out the ¹nations and then You ^cplanted it.

You ^acleared the ground before it,

And it ^btook deep root and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And ¹the cedars of God with its ^aboughs.

It sent out its branches ^ato the sea

And its shoots to the River.

Why have You ^abroken down its ¹hedges,

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

A boar from the forest ^adevours it

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

O God of hosts, ^areturn now, we beseech You;

^bLook down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,

Even the ¹^asapling which Your right hand has planted,

And on the ²son whom You have ³strengthened for Yourself.

It is ^aburned with fire, it is cut down;

They perish at the ^brebuke of Your face.

Isaiah 5:1-7

The Song of the Vineyard

Let me sing now for my well‑beloved

A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.

My well‑beloved had a ^avineyard on ¹a fertile hill.

He dug it all around, removed its stones,

And planted it with ¹the ^achoicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it

And also hewed out a ²wine vat in it;

Then He ^bhoped for it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only ³worthless ones.

“So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,

^aPlease judge between Me and My vineyard.

^aWhat more was there to do for My vineyard ¹that I have not done in it?

Why, when I hoped for it to produce good grapes did it produce ²worthless ones?

So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will ^aremove its hedge, and it will be consumed;

I will ^bbreak down its wall, and it will become ^ctrampled ground.

I will ^alay it waste;

It will not be pruned or hoed,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds to ^brain no rain on it.”

For the ^avineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel

And the men of Judah His delightful plant.

Thus He hoped for justice, but behold, ^bbloodshed;

For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Luke 20:9-16

Parable of the Vine‑Growers

9 ^aAnd He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to ¹vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. 10 And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vine-growers sent him away empty-handed having beaten him. 11 And he proceeded to send another slave; and when they beat him also and treated him shamefully, they sent him away empty-handed. 12 And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Now the ¹owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will ^arespect him.’ 14 But when the vine-growers saw him, they were reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the ¹owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and ^adestroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “^bMay it never be!”

John 15:1-8

I Am the True Vine

“^aI am the true vine, and My Father is the ^bvine-grower. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ¹cleans it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 ^aYou are already ¹clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 ^aAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit from itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he ^abears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is ^athrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ^aask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 My ^aFather is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so ¹^bprove to be My disciples.