Bible Verses About Unfaithfulness

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.

And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.

He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.

And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.