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THE BOOK OF JACOB
THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 5
  3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of aIsrael, like unto a tame bolive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his cvineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to ddecay.

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Ezek. 36: 8 (8-15).
  8 ¶ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your abranches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are bat hand to come.
Rom. 11: 21 (1-36).
  21 For if God spared not the anatural branches, take heed lest he also bspare not thee.
1 Ne. 10: 12.
  12 Yea, even my father spake much concerning the Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared like unto an aolive-tree, whose bbranches should be broken off and should be cscattered upon all the face of the earth.
Jacob 6: 1 (1-7).
  1 And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy—that the things which this prophet aZenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame bolive-tree, must surely come to pass.
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Matt. 21: 33 (33-41).
  33 ¶ aHear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to bhusbandmen, and went into a far country:
D&C 101: 44.
  44 A certain anobleman had a spot of land, very choice; and he said unto his servants: Go ye unto my bvineyard, even upon this very choice piece of land, and plant twelve olive-trees;
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