Luke 13:7

⁵ No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

⁶ Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.

So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

⁸ ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

⁹ If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
KJV: Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
WEB: He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’
ASV: And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?
DARBY: And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, [these] three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?
BLB: And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and do not find [it]. Therefore cut it down! Why does it also render the soil useless?’

ÅB: Da sa han til vingårdsmannen: Se, i tre år er jeg nå kommet og har lett etter frukt på dette fikentre og har ikke funnet noen; hugg det ned! Hvorfor skal det også oppta jorden til ingen nytte?
OTB: Så han sa til vingårdsmannen: 'I tre år har jeg kommet for å se etter frukt på dette fikentreet og har ikke funnet noen. Hogg det ned! Hvorfor skal det bruke opp jorden?'
B1930: Da sa han til vingårdsmannen: Se, i tre år er jeg nu kommet og har lett efter frukt på dette fikentre og har ikke funnet nogen; hugg det ned! Hvorfor skal det også opta jorden til ingen nytte?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Luke 3:9
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
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John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
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Romans 2:4–5
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
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Leviticus 19:23
When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
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Exodus 32:10
Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
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Matthew 3:9–10
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
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