The allegory is filled with expressions of action—digging, pruning, nourishing, plucking, grafting, tasting, planting, dunging, laying up fruit. The work of the building up the kingdom of God and carrying out the duties inherent in the Abrahamic covenant is likewise demanding of our industry, effort, and commitment. “Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward” (D&C 58:27–28). We observe in the allegory of the tame olive tree the endless labor of love (see 1 Thessalonians 1:3 and Hebrews 6:10 for this expression in the writings of Paul) in which the Lord of the vineyard and His servants are engaged on behalf of the harvest—the sons and daughters of God. We are engaged in the mighty work of the gathering and the perfecting of the Saints—both living and deceased. The allegory is a compelling view of the ongoing work leading to salvation and exaltation.