Mark

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.