Bible Verses About Unfaithfulness

and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,

and they, having taken him, did severely beat him , and did send him away empty.

`And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away--dishonoured.

`And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.

`Having yet therefore one son--his beloved--he sent also him unto them last, saying--They will reverence my son;

and those husbandmen said among themselves--This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

and having taken him, they did kill, and cast him forth without the vineyard.

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

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

and if indeed it may bear fruit--;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business--till I come;

and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

`And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

`And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;

and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.

`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

`And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds--