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.
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 bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Read in contextLuke 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.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextRomans 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?
Read in contextLeviticus 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.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextMatthew 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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