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Luke 13:8

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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.

7 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?’

‘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.’”

10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

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BSB
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
KJV
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
WEB
He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
ASV
And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
DARBY
But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,
BLB
And answering, he says to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I may dig around it and put [in] manure,
ÅB
Men han svarte ham: Herre! la det enda stå dette år, til jeg får gravd omkring det og lagt gjødning på,
OTB
Men han svarte: 'Herre, la det stå ett år til, så skal jeg grave rundt det og gjødsle det.
B1930
Men han svarte ham: Herre! la det ennu stå dette år, til jeg får gravd omkring det og lagt gjødning på,

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Cross references

  • Romans 10:1

    Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

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  • 2 Peter 3:9

    The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

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  • Joel 2:17

    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

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  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

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  • Joshua 7:7–9

    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

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  • Exodus 34:9

    “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

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  • Romans 11:14

    in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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  • Psalms 106:23

    So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

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