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 at hand to come.

  21  For if God spared not the ^anatural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

  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 branches should be broken off and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

  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 Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame ^bolive tree, must surely come to pass.

  33  Hear 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 husbandmen, and went into a far country:

  44  A certain nobleman 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;