Luke 13:9
7 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:
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
- KJV
- And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
- WEB
- If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
- ASV
- and if it bear fruit thenceforth, [well]; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
- DARBY
- and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.
- BLB
- and if indeed it should make fruit in the [time], so be it. But if not, you will cut it down.’”
- ÅB
- om det kanskje kunne bære til neste år! hvis ikke, da kan du hugge det ned.
- OTB
- Hvis det bærer frukt neste år, vel og bra; men hvis ikke, så hogg det ned.'"
- B1930
- om det kanskje kunde bære til næste år! hvis ikke, da kan du hugge det ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextHebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Read in contextPsalms 69:22–28
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Read in contextEzra 9:14–15
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Read in contextRevelation 16:5–7
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Read in contextDaniel 9:5–8
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Read in contextRevelation 15:3–4
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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