102 Nay, I have nourished it and I have digged it and I have pruned it and I have dunged it, And I have stretched forth Mine hand almost all the daylong, And the end draweth nigh,
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;