Luke 13:9
and if it bear fruit, well; but if not, thereafter thou shalt cut it down.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
In Context
10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.
Cross References
Ezra 9:14shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Daniel 9:5we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;
1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the nations.
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 →