Luke 13:9

and it may bear fruit; but if not, afterward you shall cut it down.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8But he answered and said to him, Sir, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and throw in manure;

10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,

Revelation 15:3And they sung the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:7-10

The Barren Fig-Tree. 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. 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: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it… Read the whole commentary →

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