Luke 13:7

5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

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?

8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

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

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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 bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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  • Luke 3:9

    And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

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  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

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  • John 15:2

    Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

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  • Romans 2:4–5

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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  • Leviticus 19:23

    And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

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  • Exodus 32:10

    Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

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  • Matthew 3:9–10

    And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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