I have come down among the almond trees to see the young plants in the valley, to see the new leaves on the vines and the blossoms on the pomegranate trees.

We will get up early and look at the vines to see whether they've started to grow, whether the blossoms are opening and the pomegranate trees are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

I would take you to my mother's house, where you could teach me love. I would give you spiced wine, my pomegranate wine to drink.

that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;

Your people will all do what is right, And will possess the land forever. I planted them, I made them, To reveal my greatness to all.

As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign LORD will save his people, And all the nations will praise him.

"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.

You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

My lover has gone to his garden, where the balsam trees grow. He is feeding his flock in the garden and gathering lilies.

of saffron, calamus, and cinnamon, or incense of every kind. Myrrh and aloes grow there with all the most fragrant perfumes.

My lover is like the wild flowers that bloom in the vineyards at Engedi.

My king was lying on his couch, and my perfume filled the air with fragrance.

Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease. While Jesus was eating, a woman came in with an alabaster jar full of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head.

Then Mary took a whole pint of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house.